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pacific 2024.12

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pacific 2024.12

(date: 2024-03-23 16:16:54)


Kualiʻi earns PacWest Golfer of the Week award

date: 2024-03-22, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: < 1 minute Tia Kualiʻi landed in second place during the Augustana Spring Fling.

The post Kualiʻi earns PacWest Golfer of the Week award first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/22/kualii-pacwest-golfer-of-the-week/


Performances lead to conference weekly water polo award

date: 2024-03-22, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: < 1 minute Jordan Wedderburn led the team to the No. 3 spot in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Women’s Varsity Top 25.

The post Performances lead to conference weekly water polo award first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/22/wedderburn-big-west-player-of-the-week/


Students use AI to preserve Lahaina’s historical architecture

date: 2024-03-22, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: 3 minutes The course is designed to impart technical skills and foster a deep appreciation for the historical and cultural context of Lahaina.

The post Students use AI to preserve Lahaina’s historical architecture first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/22/lahaina-historical-architecture/


Coast 360 Upper Tumon grand opening

date: 2024-03-22, from: Guam Daily Post

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/coast-360-upper-tumon-grand-opening/article_e36e2cc0-e806-11ee-81ca-3f92bf127ab5.html


Bill to plug revenue leaks at Guam Customs awaiting governor’s signature

date: 2024-03-22, from: Pacific Island Times

By Pacific Island Times News Staff A landmark piece of legislation to transform and modernize the operations of the Guam Customs and…

https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/bill-to-plug-revenue-leaks-at-guam-customs-awaiting-governor-s-signature


Veto override fails for hospital location bill

date: 2024-03-22, from: Guam Daily Post

An override attempt on vetoed Bill 185-37 failed to pass Friday afternoon, with seven votes in favor and eight against. Ten votes are needed to override a veto.

https://www.postguam.com/news/veto-override-fails-for-hospital-location-bill/article_7599e96a-e814-11ee-84af-e31cda23adce.html


In Japan, Ohtani’s ‘perfect person’ image could take a hit with firing of interpreter over gambling

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>SEOUL, South Korea &#8212; Shohei Ohtani is referred to in Japan as &#8220;kanpeki no hito&#8221; &#8212; the perfect person &#8212; because of his manners and impeccable behavior. </p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/sports/in-japan-ohtanis-perfect-person-image-could-take-a-hit-with-firing-of-interpreter-over-gambling/


Monson’s boss says timing of ouster at Long Beach State was designed to inspire March Madness run

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>SALT LAKE CITY (AP) &#8212; Long Beach State&#8217;s athletic director said the timing of his decision to part with coach Dan Monson was done with the hope it might trigger the exact run that led the team on its unexpected trip to March Madness. </p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/sports/monsons-boss-says-timing-of-ouster-at-long-beach-state-was-designed-to-inspire-march-madness-run/


KSH baseball shuts out Pahoa

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The Kamehameha Schools - Hawai&#8216;i baseball team has been unstoppable so far this season, and claimed another victim, downing Pahoa High 11-0 as pitcher Shiloh Santos threw a no-hitter on Thursday afternoon at Walter Victor Baseball Complex in Hilo.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/sports/ksh-baseball-shuts-out-pahoa/


First day of March Madness yields upsets and blowouts

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The first rounds of the NCAA men&#8217;s basketball championship began Thursday.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/sports/first-day-of-march-madness-yields-upsets-and-blowouts/


Yoshinobu Yamamoto lasts 1 inning in Dodgers debut, gives up 5 runs to Padres

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>SEOUL, South Korea &#8212; Yoshinobu Yamamoto lasted just one inning in his Los Angeles Dodgers&#8217; debut after signing a record $325 million, 12-year contract, giving up five runs to the San Diego Padres in a 15-11 loss on Thursday night. </p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/sports/yoshinobu-yamamoto-lasts-1-inning-in-dodgers-debut-gives-up-5-runs-to-padres/


NFL retirees who say the league’s disability plan is a sham can proceed to trial

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>PHILADELPHIA &#8212; A lawsuit accusing the NFL&#8217;s disability plan of violating its duty to retired players by routinely denying valid injury claims can proceed to trial on most counts, a federal judge in Maryland has ruled. </p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/sports/nfl-retirees-who-say-the-leagues-disability-plan-is-a-sham-can-proceed-to-trial/


‘Every shot matters to someone.’ Basketball fans revel in, and bet on, March Madness tournament

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. &#8212; This is the best time of the year for Mark Bawers: Day after day of uninterrupted college basketball, all of it consequential. </p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/sports/every-shot-matters-to-someone-basketball-fans-revel-in-and-bet-on-march-madness-tournament/


Buddhists use karmic healing against one US city’s anti-Asian legacy and nationwide prejudice today

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>ANTIOCH, Calif. &#8212; For one afternoon, on Antioch&#8217;s main street and tranquil riverbank, the fragrance of burning incense was paired with the sound of Buddhist and Tao chants. Their cumulative calming energy was meant to be a balm of sorts to soothe the racial and religious hate that cast a shadow on Antioch&#8217;s legacy.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/nation-world-news/buddhists-use-karmic-healing-against-one-us-citys-anti-asian-legacy-and-nationwide-prejudice-today/


Surgeons transplant pig kidney into a patient, a medical milestone

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Surgeons in Boston have transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into an ailing 62-year-old man, the first procedure of its kind. If successful, the breakthrough offers hope to hundreds of thousands of Americans whose kidneys have failed.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/nation-world-news/surgeons-transplant-pig-kidney-into-a-patient-a-medical-milestone/


Trump leads in polls but badly trails in crucial 2024 money race

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; Donald Trump has an enthusiastic base and a polling advantage in swing states. He does not have anywhere near the amount of money as his rival, President Joe Biden.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/nation-world-news/trump-leads-in-polls-but-badly-trails-in-crucial-2024-money-race/


Justice Department sues Apple, alleging it illegally monopolized the smartphone market

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors, stifles innovation and keeps prices artificially high.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/nation-world-news/justice-department-sues-apple-alleging-it-illegally-monopolized-the-smartphone-market/


Pahoa man arrested, released after viral video of dog abuse

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>A video posted on social media appears to be a 30-year-old Pahoa man who was arrested Thursday by police in an animal cruelty case.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/hawaii-news/pahoa-man-arrested-released-after-viral-video-of-dog-abuse/


Kaneshiro, Mitsunaga federal bribery trial begins

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Political donor Dennis Mitsunaga, his associates and family members contributed $48,250 in campaign funds to then-&#0173;Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro as Kaneshiro&#8217;s office pursued a criminal case against a fired Mitsunaga employee who later sued the company for discrimination, the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s office said Wednesday on the opening day of the federal bribery trial of Kaneshiro, Mitsunaga and four of Mitsunaga&#8217;s employees.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/hawaii-news/kaneshiro-mitsunaga-federal-bribery-trial-begins/


A Mexican drug cartel’s new target? Seniors and their timeshares

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>GUADALAJARA, Mexico &#8212; First the cartel cut its teeth with drug trafficking. Then avocados, real estate and construction companies. Now, a Mexican criminal group known for its brutality is moving in on seniors and their timeshares.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/nation-world-news/a-mexican-drug-cartels-new-target-seniors-and-their-timeshares/


‘Quiet on Set’ allegations forced Dan Schneider to speak up. Now, more should

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Child actors were exploited and sexually abused by the adults they worked with on several hit Nickelodeon shows throughout the &#8216;90s and 2000s. When one such adult &#8212; Brian Peck &#8212; was arrested on 11 charges of child sex abuse and then pleaded no contest in 2004, dozens of notable actors and television industry figures openly supported him during the sentencing portion of his case. And after he served his time for raping a child, the Disney Channel hired him to work on one of their hit series, &#8220;The Suite Life with Zack &#38;Cody.&#8221;</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/opinion/quiet-on-set-allegations-forced-dan-schneider-to-speak-up-now-more-should/


Trump tries to sell a normal-ish second term

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>In the debate about what a second Donald Trump term would mean for the stability of American democracy, parsing the &#8220;true&#8221; meaning of any given Trumpian rhetorical flourish &#8212; <em>Was he just predicting a &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; for the auto industry if Joe Biden wins, or prophesying civil war? </em>&#8212; is about 60 times less useful than figuring out who will actually staff a second Trump administration.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/opinion/trump-tries-to-sell-a-normal-ish-second-term/


The test Biden can’t pass

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>President Joe Biden recently gave a rough, tough, eyes-ablaze, here-I-come State of the Union speech that some saw as a definitive disposal of his democratically diagnosed mental vacuity. But wait. The speech simultaneously raised all kinds of questions about Biden, and then, not too many days after that, TV sets were once again spreading news about Biden&#8217;s brain gone blank in a different situation, one that had included an impeachment possibility.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/opinion/the-test-biden-cant-pass/


Police track down escaped Idaho prison gang member and accomplice, say pair may have killed 2 on run

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Police on Thursday arrested two white supremacist gang members &#8212; an Idaho prison inmate and the accomplice who helped him escape &#8212; following an attack on corrections officers at a Boise hospital, and investigators are looking into whether they killed two people while on the run.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/nation-world-news/police-track-down-escaped-idaho-prison-gang-member-and-accomplice-say-pair-may-have-killed-2-on-run/


Trump’s lawyers keep fighting $454M fraud appeal bond requirement

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>NEW YORK &#8212; Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s lawyers kept pressing an appellate court Thursday to excuse him from covering a $454 million fraud lawsuit judgment for now, saying he&#8217;d suffer &#8220;irreparable harm&#8221; before his appeal is decided.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/nation-world-news/trumps-lawyers-keep-fighting-454m-fraud-appeal-bond-requirement/


Lawmakers press for investigation of United Airlines mishaps

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>A series of United Airlines flight mishaps, including midflight mechanical issues and a runway excursion, require deeper investigation by federal authorities, according to two Texas lawmakers.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/nation-world-news/lawmakers-press-for-investigation-of-united-airlines-mishaps/


The moon is the spotlight at ’Imiloa special traveling exhibit

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Learners of all ages are invited to explore the special traveling exhibit &#8220;Kaulana Mahina: Look Up, Look Down, Look All Around!&#8221; at &#8216;Imiloa Astronomy Center until June 9.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/community/the-moon-is-the-spotlight-at-imiloa-special-traveling-exhibit/


Help shape the future of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The comment period to provide input about a plan that will address congestion, safety, resource protection and improve the visitor experience in the busy Kilauea summit area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has been extended to March 31.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/community/help-shape-the-future-of-hawaii-volcanoes-national-park/


Obituaries for March 22

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Bernard Paul K. Haena Sr., 80, of Kailua-Kona died Feb. 3 in Palo Alto, Calif. Born in Hilo, he was a retired mechanic for American Airlines in San Francisco and U.S. Navy veteran. Graveside service and burial 11 a.m. Wednesday (March 27) at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire. Survived by wife, Sonia; sons, Bernard Jr. and Brian; daughter-in-law, Karen; siblings, Calvin Haena and Josephine Galang; five grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/obituaries/obituaries-for-march-22-9/


Blinken says Israeli assault on Gaza’s Rafah would be a ‘mistake’ and isn’t needed to defeat Hamas

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>CAIRO &#8212; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday a major Israeli ground assault on the southern Gaza town of Rafah would be &#8220;a mistake&#8221; and &#8220;unnecessary&#8221; to defeating Hamas, underscoring the further souring of relations between the United States and Israel.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/nation-world-news/blinken-says-israeli-assault-on-gazas-rafah-would-be-a-mistake-and-isnt-needed-to-defeat-hamas/


Reddit, the self-anointed ‘front page of the internet,’ soars in Wall Street debut

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Reddit&#8217;s stock soared in its Wall Street debut as investors pushed the value of the company close to $9 billion seconds after it began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/nation-world-news/reddit-the-self-anointed-front-page-of-the-internet-soars-in-wall-street-debut/


Tavana, Brother Noland to perform in Waimea

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Tavana &#8212; a multi-instrumental one-man band that showcases his diverse, island-inspired blues &#8212; will perform March 30 in Waimea.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/community/tavana-brother-noland-to-perform-in-waimea/


Puna lawmaker selected for national fellowship

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>House Rep. Greggor Ilagan (D-Puna) is representing the Aloha State as one of 29 Generation Z and millennial lawmakers across the United States to participate in the Future Caucus Innovation Fellowship Class of 2024.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/community/puna-lawmaker-selected-for-national-fellowship/


Mountain View man sought by police

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Police are requesting the public&#8217;s assistance in locating 47-year-old Reno Maurice Kulakau Mendoza of Mountain View, who should be considered armed and dangerous.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/hawaii-news/mountain-view-man-sought-by-police-2/


One man killed, two injured in DKI crash

date: 2024-03-22, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Police are investigating after one man died and two others were injured in a single-vehicle traffic collision late Thursday night on Daniel K. Inouye Highway (Route 200), at the 18-mile marker.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/22/hawaii-news/one-man-killed-two-injured-in-dki-crash/


CNMI governor: ‘Don’t dwell on problems, focus on solutions’

date: 2024-03-22, from: Pacific Island Times

By Bryan Manabat Saipan— CNMI Gov. Arnold I. Palacios urged the community to lay aside their differences and “take on the challenges…

https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/cnmi-governor-don-t-dwell-on-problems-focus-on-solutions


USDA gives $2M in grants to strengthen Guam’s food supply chain infrastructure

date: 2024-03-22, from: Guam Daily Post

A cooperative agreement between Guam and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service has made over $2 million in competitive grant funding available under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program, USDA announced recently in a press release.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/usda-gives-2m-in-grants-to-strengthen-guams-food-supply-chain-infrastructure/article_9b48724c-e7e9-11ee-b585-4b842de0d537.html


GPA seeks changes for Ukudu Power Plant agreement

date: 2024-03-22, from: Guam Daily Post

The Consolidated Commission on Utilities will be deciding whether to approve some major changes to the energy conversion agreement, or ECA, between the Guam Power Authority and Guam Ukudu Power LLC, the company that owns - and will ultimately operate…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/gpa-seeks-changes-for-ukudu-power-plant-agreement/article_dd73e994-e717-11ee-a10b-632c461e1e14.html


St. John’s Sachdev finishes high school tennis career where he started: another singles championship

date: 2024-03-22, from: Guam Daily Post

For St. John’s School’s Aarman Sachdev and Sydney Packbier, the 2023-2024 Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam tennis season can be described in two words: short and sweet.

https://www.postguam.com/sports/local/st-johns-sachdev-finishes-high-school-tennis-career-where-he-started-another-singles-championship/article_c4dc387e-e7ca-11ee-9bec-6bfc05f7e8c7.html


Carjacking suspects also charged in family violence, harassment cases

date: 2024-03-22, from: Guam Daily Post

Two men accused of an armed carjacking at Oka Pay-Less earlier this week also were charged in other cases.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/carjacking-suspects-also-charged-in-family-violence-harassment-cases/article_886262bc-e7dc-11ee-bced-a7fc9c63059f.html


Behavioral Health Planning Council reports Crisis Response Team recruitment slowed

date: 2024-03-22, from: Guam Daily Post

Crisis Response Team recruitment efforts have slowed, according to Guam Behavioral Health Planning Council member Rita Untalan, who attributed the issue to glitches in the transition of the Government of Guam to a new fiscal management system.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/behavioral-health-planning-council-reports-crisis-response-team-recruitment-slowed/article_bc51ec50-e7ff-11ee-bbd0-2f226b6663ae.html


COC endorse the development and application of Cultural Protocols for Offshore Research Expeditions

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

A project to develop cultural protocols and the application of traditional knowledge and best practices in offshore scientific expeditions was given the support of Palau’s Council of Chiefs.  The Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) legislation was enacted into law on October 28, 2015.  Also key to this ambitious national undertaking was the fact that it […]

The post COC endorse the development and application of Cultural Protocols for Offshore Research Expeditions appeared first on Island Times.

https://islandtimes.org/coc-endorse-the-development-and-application-of-cultural-protocols-for-offshore-research-expeditions/


Palau Solar Power Plant now Supplementing Grid

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

KOROR, Palau—Solar power generated by Solar Pacific Energy Corporation, an independent power producer, is now supplementing the national grid, according to the Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC). On March 14, “we shut down two diesel generators for six hours and used energy produced by the solar plant to supplement the energy produced by the remaining […]

The post Palau Solar Power Plant now Supplementing Grid appeared first on Island Times.

https://islandtimes.org/palau-solar-power-plant-now-supplementing-grid/


Palau’s Marine Law Wharf Upgrade completed, marking Milestone in Australia-Palau Partnership

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

Koror, Palau – The Palau Ministry of Justice, Marine Law Enforcement Division (MLE) celebrated a significant achievement yesterday with the completion of a wharf improvement project funded and supported by the Australian government. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the MLE pier to mark the project’s official conclusion. “This not only enhances the MLE’s capabilities […]

The post Palau’s Marine Law Wharf Upgrade completed, marking Milestone in Australia-Palau Partnership appeared first on Island Times.

https://islandtimes.org/palaus-marine-law-wharf-upgrade-completed-marking-milestone-in-australia-palau-partnership/


Palau, Japan Partner on Health Initiative during Diplomatic Anniversary

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

KOROR, Palau – To mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Palau and Japan, the Japanese Embassy hosted a health workshop for members of Palauan women’s groups at the ambassador’s residence on Thursday. The event featured presentations by Dr. Satoshi Ogata of Hiroshima International University and Mr. Amma Nohumichi of Peace Wind. Dr. Ogata […]

The post Palau, Japan Partner on Health Initiative during Diplomatic Anniversary appeared first on Island Times.

https://islandtimes.org/palau-japan-partner-on-health-initiative-during-diplomatic-anniversary/


Confusion surrounds Palau’s Public Safety Director’s Status

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

Koror, Palau – The status of Cary Levitre, Director of Palau’s Bureau of Public Safety (BPS), is unclear following mixed messages about his resignation. On February 26, Levitre submitted a letter to Minister of Justice Uduch Sengebau-Senior resigning from his position, effective March 15, 2024. The letter reportedly blamed the Minister for his departure. However, […]

The post Confusion surrounds Palau’s Public Safety Director’s Status appeared first on Island Times.

https://islandtimes.org/confusion-surrounds-palaus-public-safety-directors-status/


U.S. approves $7.1B in aid to freely Associated States

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

WASHINGTON  – In a move hailed as historic by U.S. officials, the enactment of the Compact of Free Association (COFA) Amendments Act of 2024 provides $7.1 billion in funding over 20 years to the Micronesian island nations of Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands. “The enactment of this legislation is really a historic occasion and […]

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https://islandtimes.org/u-s-spproves-7-1b-in-aid-to-freely-associated-states/


17 appointees Fill Board vacancies across government agencies

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

Koror, Palau – Seventeen appointments to various government boards and commissions were approved by the Palau Senate this month, bolstering several agencies that faced challenges due to a lack of quorum. The appointments, spread across twelve entities, including the Palau Housing Authority, Belau National Hospital Authority, and the Palau National Scholarship Board, addressed vacancies that […]

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https://islandtimes.org/17-appointees-fill-board-vacancies-across-government-agencies/


Airai Elementary School will have a new bus through Japan’s Grassroots Project

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

On March 19, 2024, the grant contract signing ceremony for “The Project for the Procurement of School Bus for Airai Elementary School” through Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP), was held at the Embassy of Japan. The contract was signed between His Excellencey Mr. ORIKASA Hiroyuki, Ambassador of Japan to Palau, and […]

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https://islandtimes.org/airai-elementary-school-will-have-a-new-bus-through-japans-grassroots-project/


WCTC donates towards PCS 30th anniversary

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

The Palau conservation Society would like to thank WCTC for their generous support for the upcoming 30th year anniversary celebrations! WCTC has been one of the longest Corporate Partner for Conservation members of PCS since it first opened its doors in 1994. Their donation of a Mazda Tribute will become one of the main grand […]

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https://islandtimes.org/wctc-donates-towards-pcs-30th-anniversary/


Empowering Palau: A Call for Minimum Wage Increase

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

In the face of rising inflation and global economic challenges, Palau stands at a critical juncture. The last minimum wage increase legislation was passed in 2013. Meanwhile, inflation increased by more than 30% in just the last several years — this is before PGST was implemented and well beyond the additional 4% that came with […]

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https://islandtimes.org/empowering-palau-a-call-for-minimum-wage-increase/


Mean Girls ~ Toxic Women

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

It’s not up to me to make other women to like me. I must be true to myself. I know not to expect other women to be my friends. I mean, you can’t force friendships. As the old saying goes, ‘With friends like these, who needs enemies.” It’s a pity that out of self-preservation one […]

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https://islandtimes.org/mean-girls-toxic-women/


The Translator: “Friends to all”

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

A new series in which experts explain the sometimes baffling jargon of international affairs. By Mihai Sora SYDNEY (DEVPOLICY.ORG)— Heard diplomats or analysts using a new turn of phrase only to wonder, “What does that mean?” Today we ask … What is “Friends to all”? At its core, “Friends to all” is a declaration of […]

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https://islandtimes.org/the-translator-friends-to-all/


Nuclear legacy likely to persist as the staple of U.S-Marshall Islands talks

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

WASHINGTON/MAJURO (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES) —Despite compromises that have been reached on nuclear reparations, the lingering impact of the massive U.S nuclear testing in Bikini Atoll is likely to be the recurring centerpiece of future dialogues between the U.S and the Marshall Islands, a State Department official said. “This is a sensitive issue, and we remember […]

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https://islandtimes.org/nuclear-legacy-likely-to-persist-as-the-staple-of-u-s-marshall-islands-talks/


One Tech Tip: How to spot AI-generated deepfake images

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

By KELVIN CHAN and ALI SWENSON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. Deceptive pictures, videos and audio are proliferating as a result of the rise and misuse of generative artificial intelligence tools. With AI deepfakes cropping up almost every day, depicting everyone from Taylor Swift to Donald […]

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Death sentence sought for Truong My Lan, the woman allegedly behind Vietnam’s largest-known financial fraud

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

(ABC-Australia) Vietnamese prosecutors have called for the death penalty to be handed to the mastermind of the nation’s largest financial fraud on record, state media says. Truong My Lan, the chairwoman of real estate developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, faces a trial in the economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City accused of leading […]

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https://islandtimes.org/death-sentence-sought-for-truong-my-lan-the-woman-allegedly-behind-vietnams-largest-known-financial-fraud/


March is an exciting month for the PSA and for sailing in Palau

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

The Palau Sailing Association (PSA) extends sincere thanks to the community for supporting our recent fundraising activities ahead of the 3rd Annual Palau – Japan OP Dinghy Friendship Race, to be held on Saturday 30 March at Skojio boat ramp. The money raised has enabled the PSA to purchase essential items needed to host a […]

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Andy Murray beats weary Matteo Berrettini to advance at the Miami Open

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Andy Murray won another lengthy match with Matteo Berrettini, who appeared weary and leaned on his racket to keep his balance during Murray’s 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory Wednesday at the Miami Open. Playing his first match on the ATP Tour this season, Berrettini was serving with Murray leading 5-2 in […]

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Stephen Curry reaches 300 3-pointers for record fifth time, Warriors beat Grizzlies 137-116

date: 2024-03-22, from: Island Times

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Golden State Warriors received a halftime message about taking control of the third quarter and making regular defensive stops, and they wasted no time stealing the momentum once back on the floor. They shared the ball and they took care of it. Stephen Curry […]

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Microsoft pays Inflection $650 million in licensing deal while poaching top talents, source says

date: 2024-03-22, updated: 2024-03-22, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — Microsoft has agreed to pay AI startup Inflection about $650 million in cash in an unusual deal that would allow Microsoft to use Inflection’s models and hire most of the startup’s staff including its co-founders, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

https://www.mvariety.com/business/microsoft-pays-inflection-650-million-in-licensing-deal-while-poaching-top-talents-source-says/article_fa47e278-e81b-11ee-827b-e329379c815d.html


Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ torture defendants get prison terms of 10 to 40 years

date: 2024-03-22, updated: 2024-03-22, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — A federal judge in Mississippi on Thursday wrapped up sentencing of six white former law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to the “Goon Squad” torture and sexual abuse of two Black men, leaving the defendants each facing from 10 to 40 years in prison.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/mississippi-goon-squad-torture-defendants-get-prison-terms-of-10-to-40-years/article_78f74704-e81b-11ee-b678-ab781959cfa1.html


No charges to be filed in death of Oklahoma nonbinary teen

date: 2024-03-22, updated: 2024-03-22, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — Prosecutors on Thursday announced that no criminal charges would be filed in the death of nonbinary Oklahoma teenager Nex Benedict, who died one day after a fight at school that may have followed bullying due to Benedict’s gender identity.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/no-charges-to-be-filed-in-death-of-oklahoma-nonbinary-teen/article_3c19346e-e81b-11ee-b2a8-cb8d9c018a2b.html


Third man charged with murder in shooting at Super Bowl rally in Kansas City

date: 2024-03-22, updated: 2024-03-22, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — A third man was charged on Thursday with murder after a gunfight on the fringe of a Super Bowl victory rally in Kansas City, Missouri, last month killed one person and wounded more than 20 others in a quarrel over eye contact, prosecutors said.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/third-man-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-at-super-bowl-rally-in-kansas-city/article_ce58d236-e81a-11ee-a681-2f12f789b515.html


Mexico fears discrimination, strained US relations under new Texas immigration law

date: 2024-03-22, updated: 2024-03-22, from: Marianas Variety

WASHINGTON/CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) — Mexico filed a court brief supporting the U.S. Department of Justice’s opposition to a Republican-backed Texas law that would empower state authorities to arrest and prosecute people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/mexico-fears-discrimination-strained-us-relations-under-new-texas-immigration-law/article_3f509204-e81a-11ee-bb6b-af724abf9c7b.html


Two Idaho fugitives captured day after violent escape

date: 2024-03-22, updated: 2024-03-22, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — An Idaho maximum-security prison inmate and a former cellblock acquaintance who helped him escape from a hospital in a barrage of gunfire were arrested on Thursday without a shot being fired, ending a 36-hour manhunt, authorities said.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/two-idaho-fugitives-captured-day-after-violent-escape/article_f66687ba-e819-11ee-b257-db132f5dc59d.html


Haiti gang leader killed as transition council nears completion

date: 2024-03-22, updated: 2024-03-22, from: Marianas Variety

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — Attacks, including a shooting that left a gang leader dead, flared in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Thursday as political groups appeared nearer to finalizing a transition council to take over from an absent government.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/haiti-gang-leader-killed-as-transition-council-nears-completion/article_41311f04-e819-11ee-b5d5-fb100dcf2cda.html


date: 2024-03-22, updated: 2024-03-22, from: Marianas Variety

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s core inflation accelerated in February but an index gauging the broader price trend slowed sharply, data showed, highlighting uncertainty on how soon the central bank will hike interest rates again.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/japans-broader-price-trends-moderate-complicating-boj-outlook/article_f8bc3dc6-e818-11ee-bf2c-c78ccd44e1df.html


GPD: Patrol car made ‘imprudent’ left turn before collision

date: 2024-03-22, from: Guam Daily Post

A Guam Police Department patrol vehicle “executed a left turn in an imprudent manner” which resulted in a collision with another car, according to a release from GPD.

https://www.postguam.com/news/gpd-patrol-car-made-imprudent-left-turn-before-collision/article_f7da8512-e812-11ee-a7b3-cbe6649e263c.html


GDOE chief Swanson receives low marks from Guam Education Board after 6 months on job

date: 2024-03-22, updated: 2024-03-22, from: Marianas Variety

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Guam Department of Education Superintendent Erik Swanson needs to improve his performance, based on a performance evaluation of his first six months on the job.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/gdoe-chief-swanson-receives-low-marks-from-guam-education-board-after-6-months-on-job/article_e394fd8a-e817-11ee-963e-073567d668ae.html


Employee of AG’s office charged with criminal sexual conduct

date: 2024-03-22, from: Guam Daily Post

An employee of the Office of the Attorney General has been charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct as a second-degree felony.

https://www.postguam.com/news/employee-of-ags-office-charged-with-criminal-sexual-conduct/article_ed8c21b8-e80a-11ee-a385-6b912e5a77fe.html


Public Health asks community to answer immunization survey

date: 2024-03-22, updated: 2024-03-22, from: Marianas Variety

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The 2024 National Immunization Survey will take place in April, said Department of Public Health and Social Services officials, who asked the public to answer the call.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/public-health-asks-community-to-answer-immunization-survey/article_509537f2-e817-11ee-bdb3-ef469e6deb86.html


The Odyssey of Losalini Cara, a woman of wealthy experience

date: 2024-03-22, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)

“I don’t remember my mom and have no memory of her! I was born in…

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https://www.usp.ac.fj/news/the-odyssey-of-losalini-cara-a-woman-of-wealthy-experience/


US, FSM begin exploring military training opportunities in Yap

date: 2024-03-22, from: Pacific Island Times

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Washington and the Federated States of Micronesia have reaffirmed their defense and security ties, toasting a fresh…

https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/us-fsm-begin-exploring-new-defense-opportunities-in-pacific-island-region


BOR aims to hire next president by fall 2024

date: 2024-03-22, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: 2 minutes The updated timeline was announced at a March 21 BOR presidential search special meeting.

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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/21/bor-aims-to-hire-next-president-fall-2024/


Knezkova earns first Big West tennis honor

date: 2024-03-22, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: < 1 minute Nelly Knezkova wins consecutive single games.

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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/21/knezkova-first-big-west-honor/


GPD investigating collision involving patrol car

date: 2024-03-22, from: Guam Daily Post

Police are investigating a car collision involving a patrol car in Tamuning.

https://www.postguam.com/news/gpd-investigating-collision-involving-patrol-car/article_9fc3f8a2-e7e2-11ee-bc0c-87bbbfcb14ac.html


UH West Oʻahu esports team wins 1st title

date: 2024-03-21, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: 2 minutes UH West Oʻahu’s Pueo Gaming esports club has a collegiate trophy.

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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/21/uh-west-oahu-esports-team-wins-title/


Rainbow Wahine earns first Big West Field Athlete of the Week honor

date: 2024-03-21, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: < 1 minute Tara Wyllie began the outdoor season by posting the 8th best triple jump mark in the country at 12.69m (41-7.75).

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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/21/wyllie-big-west-field-athlete-of-the-week/


Military begins relocation process for wildlife refuge on Guam

date: 2024-03-21, from: Pacific Island Times

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Plans are afoot for the relocation of the wildlife refuge in Ritidian, which is currently located…

https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/military-begins-relocation-plan-for-wildlife-refuge-on-guam


March President’s BOR report: FAFSA issues, broadband initiatives

date: 2024-03-21, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: < 1 minute President Lassner also discussed some of the findings in the Hawaiʻi College and Career Readiness Indicators Report.

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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/21/march-president-bor-report/


UH solar plan looks to energize Mānoa campus

date: 2024-03-21, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: 3 minutes The plan incorporates PV over parking structures, walkways, rooftops and throughout buildings across the Mānoa campus.

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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/21/solar-plan-manoa-campus/


Local VIPs use tax $$$

date: 2024-03-21, from: Marshal Islands Journal

Journal 3/20/1987 P3 ‘Loans’ not repaidMore members of the Majuro Atoll Local Government took the stand in court this week and confirmed that airport tax money was used as loans for MALGov members. P11 Canvasback catamaran providing services to Wotje, MaloelapLast week, the Catamaran belonging to the Canvasback organization called in at Majuro briefly before […]

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BOR awards honorary doctorates to music, cultural leaders

date: 2024-03-21, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: 3 minutes The awardees are Gerald (Jerry) K. Santos, Fred Kalani Meinecke and Michael D. Nakasone.

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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/21/honorary-doctorates-santos-meinecke-nakasone/


2806 Cloverleaf

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawai’i Pacific Review (HPU Literary Magazine)

by Anthony Otten With you and your dad gone, I live in the quiet. Mostly I’m fine with it. When I want my conversation fix I sit in my wicker chair on the porch, like I am today, and wait … Continue reading

https://hawaiipacificreview.org/2024/03/21/2806-cloverleaf/


Joeten launches fundraiser for Team Marianas

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

STAUNCH NMI sports supporter Joeten has once again stepped up to assist athletes and officials by launching a fundraiser for the benefit the Team Marianas that will be competing in the Micronesian Games 2024 in the Marshall Islands this summer.

https://www.mvariety.com/sports/localsports/joeten-launches-fundraiser-for-team-marianas/article_5da87330-e751-11ee-953a-4b4cb49bbc7d.html


McDonald’s of Saipan offers $3K hole-in-one prize at NMC Golf Open

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

(NMC) — In support of funding higher education in the CNMI, McDonald’s of Saipan will offer a $3,000 hole-in-one cash prize at the Northern Marianas College Foundation Golf Open on March 23 and 24, 2024 at LaoLao Bay Golf and Resort.

https://www.mvariety.com/sports/localsports/mcdonald-s-of-saipan-offers-3k-hole-in-one-prize-at-nmc-golf-open/article_e66d274e-e74f-11ee-932b-e34b64197fcf.html


Ohtani and Yamamoto are unbelievable in any language. Japanese has several words for them

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — If you’re a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ billion-dollar duo of Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, you might want to learn a couple of Japanese adjectives.

https://www.mvariety.com/sports/nationalsports/ohtani-and-yamamoto-are-unbelievable-in-any-language-japanese-has-several-words-for-them/article_4403e28c-e785-11ee-b661-e7caafcccab8.html


BBJ Fitness Corner ǀ Rhythm & flow

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

WE sometimes lose sight of the reason why we do what we do, which usually results in our falling off the wagon. However, when we are enjoying the activity, then it doesn’t feel like a chore.

https://www.mvariety.com/sports/localsports/bbj-fitness-corner-rhythm-flow/article_39e38a16-e74c-11ee-ac86-2f6deaf60383.html


CNMI local earns top healthcare management credential

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

DOCTOR Cindy Pangelinan Hoepner DHSc, MBA, CPHQ, CPPS, CHC, CMQOE, CQIA, FACHE, recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/local/cnmi-local-earns-top-healthcare-management-credential/article_d9acc2e0-e75d-11ee-b4f2-4789c819d97d.html


Laly 4 restrooms reopened to public

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

NOW that its broken water pipes have been fixed, the Laly 4 public restrooms are open again to the public, community volunteer Max Aguon said.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/local/laly-4-restrooms-reopened-to-public/article_73f873c2-e771-11ee-88b1-7b2c68b5553c.html


4 sentenced for reckless driving, 7 for DUI

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

SUPERIOR Court Associate Judge Kenneth L. Govendo recently sentenced seven individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or DUI, and four others for reckless driving.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/local/4-sentenced-for-reckless-driving-7-for-dui/article_9fc8f02c-e757-11ee-95e8-8f233edd1cb1.html


Cruz, Camacho remain on top in round 2

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

AFTER two rounds, Aric Cruz and Christian Camacho are leading their respective classes in the Marianas Racing Association’s “Moto IV” 2024 Points Race Series at Cowtown Raceway Park.

https://www.mvariety.com/sports/localsports/cruz-camacho-remain-on-top-in-round-2/article_9fa30ca2-e77c-11ee-8876-0304ef320bca.html


Former negotiator highlights uniqueness of Covenant

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

THE Covenant’s legacy has been “very … satisfactory” to the CNMI, former Lt. Gov. Pete A. Tenorio said on Thursday.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/local/former-negotiator-highlights-uniqueness-of-covenant/article_dcec89ca-e76e-11ee-bc72-e7569f0a6991.html


NBA roundup: Celtics top Bucks, win 7th straight

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — Jayson Tatum had 31 points and eight rebounds to help the Boston Celtics extend their winning streak to seven games with a 122-119 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.

https://www.mvariety.com/sports/nationalsports/nba-roundup-celtics-top-bucks-win-7th-straight/article_fa1047d8-e784-11ee-9d4a-87da25c9a2b1.html


Vets treat Majuro animals

date: 2024-03-21, from: Marshal Islands Journal

The name RMI Love Animals was beautifully personified by the very team conducting pet treatments in Majuro this week as witnessed by their overall compassion toward the pets. The entire team, although broke down into several stations, functions with utmost compassion toward all the animals regardless of size, breed or status (pet or stray.) The […]

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Golden Arches shine bright: McDonald’s hosts Employee Appreciation Parties in Guam and Saipan

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

Once a year, McDonald’s of Guam and Saipan closes all restaurant locations early to host their highly anticipated Annual Employee Appreciation Party. This is a special, unforgettable evening filled with recognition awards, lively restaurant team performances, an exciting raffle with over $8,000 in prizes up for grabs, a grand prize of a roundtrip travel destination, and an outpouring of gratitude for the hard work of all McDonald’s employees.

https://www.mvariety.com/specials/2024/mcdonalds_31/golden-arches-shine-bright-mcdonalds-hosts-employee-appreciation-parties-in-guam-and-saipan/article_a3c6f586-e71e-11ee-8dc8-f3f23f14b3d2.html


McDonald’s celebrates crew members loyalty and commitment

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

At the core of McDonald’s success are the dedicated crew members who show up day after day to serve customers with a smile. This year, at the highly anticipated annual Employee Appreciation Party, McDonald’s took the time to honor those employees who have given years of loyal service and commitment to the Golden Arches.

https://www.mvariety.com/specials/2024/mcdonalds_31/mcdonalds-celebrates-crew-members-loyalty-and-commitment/article_9ea1bc08-e723-11ee-a21c-5fbeac582bdb.html


McDonald’s honors Gisel Achas and Garapan Express

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

The Department Manager of the Year award is a prestigious honor given to McDonald’s managers who have truly excelled and exceeded their goals throughout 2023. Their excellent performance and outstanding leadership are recognized with this award. The 2023 winner of the Department Manager of the Year for the McDonald’s restaurants across Guam and Saipan is Gisel Achas, a manager at the McDonald’s Saipan Chalan Laulau location. Gisel received a cash prize and a commemorative plaque engraved with her name in celebration of this significant achievement.

https://www.mvariety.com/specials/2024/mcdonalds_31/mcdonalds-honors-gisel-achas-and-garapan-express/article_159889ca-e721-11ee-8f26-0f5c7671a37d.html


McDonald’s crew members shine as “Crew of the Year” award winners

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

McDonald’s successful operations are credited to the dedicated crew members who bring their best to work each day, providing friendly service and ensuring quality food for customers. Each year, McDonald’s celebrates the exceptional performance of these hardworking individuals through the highly coveted “Crew of the Year” award. This prestigious honor recognizes one standout crew member from each restaurant location based on their unwavering dedication, initiative, leadership, and overall outstanding contributions to their team.

https://www.mvariety.com/specials/2024/mcdonalds_31/mcdonalds-crew-members-shine-as-crew-of-the-year-award-winners/article_bd5204cc-e71f-11ee-8c60-7be52c790dbc.html


LSA students make film

date: 2024-03-21, from: Marshal Islands Journal

It’s a wrap! Local filmmaker and photographer Chewy Lin and his team recently finished filming a FISH4ACP film in collaboration with students from Life Skills Academy in Majuro. “We are so proud of our Life Skills Academy students who graduated from our media training with Chewy Lin and Wilmer Joel,” said Samantha Kies-Ryan, a member of […]

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https://marshallislandsjournal.com/lsa-students-make-film/


Hilo baseball, softball sweep Kea‘au; Ka‘u outlasts Kohala

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

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https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/sports/hilo-baseball-softball-sweep-keaau-kau-outlasts-kohala/


Haili juniors tournament concludes

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The juniors segment of the 64th annual Haili Volleyball Tournament came to a close, as the top two teams of each of the eight divisions clashed on Wednesday night at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/sports/haili-juniors-tournament-concludes/


Paris Olympics soccer draw: United States women face Germany and Australia. Men meet France

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>PARIS (AP) &#8212; The United States women&#8217;s soccer team will face Germany and Australia at the Paris Olympics when incoming coach Emma Hayes looks to get off to a flying start in the job. </p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/sports/paris-olympics-soccer-draw-united-states-women-face-germany-and-australia-men-meet-france/


NFL competition committee proposes a ban on hip-drop tackles and a radical change to kickoffs

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The NFL competition committee is proposing a rule to penalize so-called &#8220;hip-drop&#8221; tackles and a radical change to kickoffs to add more returns without compromising safety. </p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/sports/nfl-competition-committee-proposes-a-ban-on-hip-drop-tackles-and-a-radical-change-to-kickoffs/


No explosives found at Seoul stadium in police search following bomb threat against Ohtani

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) &#8212; South Korean police said they&#8217;ve found no explosives at Seoul&#8217;s Gocheok Sky Dome after searching the site Wednesday following a reported bomb threat against Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. </p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/sports/no-explosives-found-at-seoul-stadium-in-police-search-following-bomb-threat-against-ohtani/


1 of the few remaining survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor has died at 102

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>HONOLULU &#8212; Richard C. &#8220;Dick&#8221; Higgins, one of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died, a family member said Wednesday. He was 102.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/hawaii-news/1-of-the-few-remaining-survivors-of-the-attack-on-pearl-harbor-has-died-at-102/


Federal Reserve still foresees 3 interest rate cuts this year despite bump in inflation

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024, fueling a rally on Wall Street, despite signs that inflation remained elevated at the start of the year.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/nation-world-news/federal-reserve-still-foresees-3-interest-rate-cuts-this-year-despite-bump-in-inflation/


After a long career, Hilo’s Alan Fijimoto went from treating mouths to feeding them

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>A painful, disabling condition caused Hilo dentist Alan Fujimoto to retire several years ago after decades of practice.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/hawaii-news/after-a-long-career-hilos-alan-fijimoto-went-from-treating-mouths-to-feeding-them/


‘Clean elections’ measure dead: House committee chair says it lacked ‘the necessary resources’

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>A proposed program that would publicly finance election campaigns in Hawaii is dead after a Big Island lawmaker concluded last week that the plan was fatally flawed.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/hawaii-news/clean-elections-measure-dead-house-committee-chair-says-it-lacked-the-necessary-resources/


date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Pele&#8217;s Kitchen, a popular Pahoa breakfast spot, has closed indefinitely after a fire damaged the restaurant Tuesday.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/hawaii-news/fire-forces-closure-of-popular-pahoa-eatery-peles-kitchen/


Biden administration announces rule aimed at expanding electric vehicles

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The Biden administration on Wednesday issued one of the most significant climate regulations in the nation&#8217;s history, a rule designed to ensure that the majority of new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the United States are all-electric or hybrids by 2032.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/nation-world-news/biden-administration-announces-rule-aimed-at-expanding-electric-vehicles/


Florida settlement illuminates MAGA strategy

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>In a federal court settlement last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217; signature &#8220;don&#8217;t say gay&#8221; law &#8212; which cost the state millions in business and led to the governor attempting to subjugate a noncompliant Disney &#8212; was dealt a significant blow. This comes as the legislature abandoned more than 20 other anti-LGBTQ bills in a sign of a changing tide.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/opinion/florida-settlement-illuminates-maga-strategy/


The difference between a Trump victory and a Biden victory

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>It&#8217;s impossible to predict with confidence who will win the presidency of the United States in November 2024.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/opinion/the-difference-between-a-trump-victory-and-a-biden-victory/


Hiring booms at SpaceX and Blue Origin making it hard for NASA to attract talent

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>SpaceX and Blue Origin LLC are competing to launch satellites and take humans to the moon. They are also paying big salaries to hire so many young and tireless engineers that old-line aerospace employers like Boeing Co. and NASA are finding it harder to fill positions. Most aerospace students really covet jobs at SpaceX and Blue Origin, recruiters say. The private firms are run by two of the three richest men in the world, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, who ultimately imagine people living and working in Earth&#8217;s orbit and on the surface of Mars. Their private firms also often pay more than established space operations. SpaceX is currently listing starting aerospace engineer positions at $95,000 to $115,000 a year. NASA, which follows the federal government&#8217;s General Schedule pay scales, offers starting salaries along a range that starts at $54,557 for engineers with bachelor&#8217;s degrees, $66,731 for master&#8217;s degrees and $73,038 for doctorates at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/nation-world-news/hiring-booms-at-spacex-and-blue-origin-making-it-hard-for-nasa-to-attract-talent/


Republicans make last-ditch request for Biden to testify as impeachment inquiry winds down

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; The House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is all but winding down, lacking the political appetite from within the Republican ranks to go forward with an actual impeachment, but facing political pressure to deliver after months of work.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/nation-world-news/republicans-make-last-ditch-request-for-biden-to-testify-as-impeachment-inquiry-winds-down/


M. Emmet Walsh, unforgettable character actor from ‘Blood Simple,’ ‘Blade Runner,’ dies at 88

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; M. Emmet Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face and unsettling presence to films including &#8220;Blood Simple&#8221; and &#8220;Blade Runner,&#8221; has died at age 88, his manager said Wednesday.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/nation-world-news/m-emmet-walsh-unforgettable-character-actor-from-blood-simple-blade-runner-dies-at-88/


AP finds grueling conditions in Indian shrimp industry that report calls ‘dangerous and abusive’

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The Associated Press traveled in February to the state of Andhra Pradesh in southeast India to document working conditions in the booming shrimp industry, after obtaining an advance copy of an investigation released Wednesday by the Chicago-based Corporate Accountability Lab, a human rights legal group, that found workers face &#8220;dangerous and abusive conditions.&#8221;</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/nation-world-news/ap-finds-grueling-conditions-in-indian-shrimp-industry-that-report-calls-dangerous-and-abusive/


Your Views for March 21

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Privatizing Medicare&#0010;would hurt millions</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/opinion/your-views-for-march-21-7/


Judge clears way for Trump to appeal ruling keeping Fani Willis on Georgia 2020 election case

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>ATLANTA &#8212; The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case cleared the way Wednesday for Donald Trump and other defendants to appeal a ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the prosecution.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/nation-world-news/judge-clears-way-for-trump-to-appeal-ruling-keeping-fani-willis-on-georgia-2020-election-case/


Court action on Texas’ migrant arrest law leads to confusion at the US-Mexico border

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>McALLEN, Texas &#8212; A dizzying volley of courtroom maneuvers over a Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally sowed confusion at the nation&#8217;s border with Mexico on Wednesday as sheriffs, police chiefs and migrants waited for direction.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/nation-world-news/court-action-on-texas-migrant-arrest-law-leads-to-confusion-at-the-us-mexico-border/


Idaho police search for escaped inmate and accomplice after ambush at Boise hospital

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>(AP) &#8212; A white supremacist Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice remained on the loose Wednesday after the accomplice staged a brazen overnight attack to free the inmate as he was being transported from a Boise hospital, police said.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/nation-world-news/idaho-police-search-for-escaped-inmate-and-accomplice-after-ambush-at-boise-hospital/


Obituaries for March 21

date: 2024-03-21, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Stanley &#8220;Stan da Man&#8221; Kalehiwa Kelekolio, 53, of Hilo died March 9 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Hilo, he was a in-studio broadcast producer for KPUA sports, DJ at KAHU radio, Kamehameha Schools cafeteria staff, owner and operator of his mobile disco, DJ at The Pali room and Breakwater nightclubs, and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and The Ohuohu St. Kava gang. Visitation 9-11 a.m. Saturday, March 30, at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Brief program to follow. Survived by brother, David (Chelle) Kelekolio of Hilo; sister, Dawnaree (Glenn) Arnold of Puna; sisters-in-law, Denise Kelekolio of Hilo and Ilka (Christian) Kaiwi; brother-in-law, Lawrence (Angela) Fong; nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/21/obituaries/obituaries-for-march-21-10/


Public Health asks community to answer immunization survey

date: 2024-03-21, from: Guam Daily Post

The 2024 National Immunization Survey will take place in April, said Department of Public Health and Social Services officials, who asked the public to answer the call.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/public-health-asks-community-to-answer-immunization-survey/article_2c3f4fd6-e72d-11ee-a769-03053038521a.html


PBS Guam Read-A-Thon awards ceremony to be held Saturday

date: 2024-03-21, from: Guam Daily Post

The PBS Guam Read-A-Thon Awards Ceremony will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Micronesia Mall Center Court, PBS Guam announced recently in a press release. The event is a celebration of literacy, dedication and achievement…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/pbs-guam-read-a-thon-awards-ceremony-to-be-held-saturday/article_d81139ac-e596-11ee-819a-77346010719f.html


400 kids participate in STEM charter school’s science fair

date: 2024-03-21, from: Guam Daily Post

For four days, 400 students at a STEM-driven middle school in Tiyan showcased a diverse array of topics and experiments in the schoolwide science fair recently, the school announced in a press release.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/400-kids-participate-in-stem-charter-school-s-science-fair/article_ba6eb0a0-e717-11ee-b36e-7b321ec37080.html


San Nicolas, Cali triumph in March King and Prince bowling tournament

date: 2024-03-21, from: Guam Daily Post

There was no denying Ray San Nicolas and CJ Cali the March Budweiser King and Prince of the Lanes titles last Sunday at Central Lanes Bowling Center in Tamuning.

https://www.postguam.com/sports/local/san-nicolas-cali-triumph-in-march-king-and-prince-bowling-tournament/article_42549974-e706-11ee-9f97-73a8aae92e6c.html


Bill allows GovGuam sick leave to take care of extended family

date: 2024-03-21, from: Guam Daily Post

Sen. Joe San Agustin has introduced legislation expanding the situations in which government employees can take sick leave. The purpose of the bill is to align the definition of immediate family member with the community and family-centric ideals in Guam…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/bill-allows-govguam-sick-leave-to-take-care-of-extended-family/article_3ebd6922-e692-11ee-b01d-6bda832e8264.html


Special Olympics event will kick off with 15-mile run

date: 2024-03-21, from: Guam Daily Post

The Special Olympics Guam organization announced the highly anticipated 48th Annual track and field event, scheduled to take place Saturday at Okkodo High School in Dededo.

https://www.postguam.com/sports/local/special-olympics-event-will-kick-off-with-15-mile-run/article_792c34f2-e701-11ee-bbee-f7ac59eca4e0.html


A member of homicide victim’s family asks that charges against defendant be dropped

date: 2024-03-21, from: Guam Daily Post

A relative of the victim in a case charged as murder has asked the Office of the Attorney General to drop charges against a suspect accused in a fatal stabbing.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/a-member-of-homicide-victims-family-asks-that-charges-against-defendant-be-dropped/article_28f17b84-e727-11ee-8240-8bd585f4c3c4.html


date: 2024-03-21, from: Guam Daily Post

Lawmakers resumed debate Thursday morning on Bill 233-37, one of the various election-related measures placed onto the agenda this session. But with Guam now well into the election year, several senators raised concerns over the timing of the bill or…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/election-related-bill-sent-back-to-committee-amid-reservations/article_387f7f0e-e742-11ee-856b-8f32e0d0b3c4.html


GDOE chief Swanson receives low marks from Guam Education Board after 6 months on job

date: 2024-03-21, from: Guam Daily Post

Guam Department of Education Superintendent Erik Swanson needs to improve his performance, based on a performance evaluation of his first six months on the job.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/gdoe-chief-swanson-receives-low-marks-from-guam-education-board-after-6-months-on-job/article_aefb7a60-e73e-11ee-a283-73c3a44c6cf9.html


Charter school proposes to use H-1B visa program to fill teacher vacancies

date: 2024-03-21, from: Guam Daily Post

The Guahan Academy Charter School board has a few vacant teacher positions that it has found hard to fill as a result of the nationwide teacher shortage, but the board’s chair believes that sourcing abroad could help fill the school’s…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/charter-school-proposes-to-use-h-1b-visa-program-to-fill-teacher-vacancies/article_8302e6d6-e73a-11ee-b3d7-5b254ddc24c9.html


Convict to serve 3 more years for molesting 12-year-old boy

date: 2024-03-21, from: Guam Daily Post

A man who pleaded guilty to molesting a 12-year-old boy while high on methamphetamine will spend three more years in prison.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/convict-to-serve-3-more-years-for-molesting-12-year-old-boy/article_b90f317e-e728-11ee-bf26-cb6eab1ce43a.html


Police: Carjacking suspects were high on meth

date: 2024-03-21, from: Guam Daily Post

Two men are facing criminal charges related to allegations of an armed carjacking at Oka Pay-Less on Tuesday afternoon.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/police-carjacking-suspects-were-high-on-meth/article_7dd54478-e7db-11ee-bb87-dffbbaf28109.html


Suspects in armed carjacking at Oka Pay-Less charged

date: 2024-03-21, from: Guam Daily Post

Two men are facing criminal charges connected related to an armed carjacking at Oka Pay-Less on Tuesday afternoon.

https://www.postguam.com/news/suspects-in-armed-carjacking-at-oka-pay-less-charged/article_2df0705e-e74a-11ee-9c17-67aa8b9384d1.html


Israeli military says it killed 90 gunmen at Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) — Israel’s military said on Wednesday it had killed around 90 gunmen and arrested 160 in a raid on Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, an allegation the Islamist Hamas group denied.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/israeli-military-says-it-killed-90-gunmen-at-gazas-al-shifa-hospital/article_2e8575a2-e752-11ee-9680-0f78d6a14e79.html


Shein to market supply-chain infrastructure to global brands, WSJ reports

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — China-founded fast-fashion company Shein will make its supply-chain infrastructure and technology available to global brands, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing a letter to investors from Executive Chairman Donald Tang.

https://www.mvariety.com/business/shein-to-market-supply-chain-infrastructure-to-global-brands-wsj-reports/article_f5626760-e74e-11ee-95a9-6b57f9dbd67d.html


Google defends Digital Markets Act changes, cites complex trade-offs

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Alphabet’s Google on Thursday will seek to fend off criticism about changes to its core services mandated by landmark EU tech rules, according to a copy of a senior Google executive’s speech seen by Reuters.

https://www.mvariety.com/business/google-defends-digital-markets-act-changes-cites-complex-trade-offs/article_d0f5d6ec-e74d-11ee-b498-43b310f91eb8.html


US lawmakers ask Biden administration to increase tariffs on Chinese-made drones

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday asked the Biden administration to impose higher tariffs on Chinese drones, including those shipped from other countries, and new incentives to boost U.S. drone manufacturers.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/us-lawmakers-ask-biden-administration-to-increase-tariffs-on-chinese-made-drones/article_7f1fbc0c-e74d-11ee-b635-473c1545b9b8.html


date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A fundraising group run by Donald Trump, who is facing four criminal trials as he seeks the U.S. presidency, stepped up spending on legal fees last month, further draining money from efforts to return him to the White House, financial disclosures showed on Wednesday.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/legal-spending-by-trump-group-accelerated-in-february-disclosures-show/article_2418d8b6-e74d-11ee-881b-dbd042197845.html


US-organized helicopter flights begin carrying Americans from Haiti

date: 2024-03-21, updated: 2024-03-21, from: Marianas Variety

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. government-chartered helicopter flights began carrying American citizens from the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Wednesday amid rising violence, the State Department said, with a first flight transporting more than 15 people to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/us-organized-helicopter-flights-begin-carrying-americans-from-haiti/article_ab2fc32e-e74c-11ee-a804-6391159b69cf.html


Radewagen: ‘National security is only as good as quality of care for veterans’

date: 2024-03-21, from: Pacific Island Times

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Rep. Uifa’atali Amata Radewagen, American Samoa’s delegate to the U.S. Congress, vowed to prioritize…

https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/radewagen-national-security-is-only-as-good-as-quality-of-care-for-veterans


Voice of forgotten fishermen

date: 2024-03-21, from: Marshal Islands Journal

GIFF JOHNSON Setsuko Shimomoto is an unusual advocate for a little known nuclear exposure problem. She didn’t discover that her father had been exposed to Bravo hydrogen bomb test fallout while fishing in the waters of the Marshall Islands until over 30 years after the 1954 Bravo test, and then only because a high school […]

The post Voice of forgotten fishermen appeared first on The Marshall Islands Journal.

https://marshallislandsjournal.com/voice-of-forgotten-fishermen/


National award for Leeward CC professional development program Kawaimanomano

date: 2024-03-21, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: 2 minutes Kawaimanomano (The Many Waters) developed at Leeward CC, could now help community colleges across the nation.

The post National award for Leeward CC professional development program Kawaimanomano first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/20/national-award-for-leeward-cc-kawaimanomano/


Home is Here Hawaiʻi Walls

date: 2024-03-21, from: Home is Here

The Hawai‘i Walls festival started in 2011 under the name Pow!Wow! Hawai‘i…

The post Home is Here <br/>Hawaiʻi Walls appeared first on PBS Hawai‘i.

https://www.pbshawaii.org/home-is-here-hawai%ca%bbi-walls/


Capturing Hapi Isles Tourism through Photography: Papa Paza

date: 2024-03-20, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)

Papa Paza, just a village kid as his social media handles read, graduated from The…

The post Capturing Hapi Isles Tourism through Photography: Papa Paza appeared first on University of the South Pacific.

https://www.usp.ac.fj/news/capturing-hapi-isles-tourism-through-photography-papa-paza/


John gets Nitijela nod

date: 2024-03-20, from: Marshal Islands Journal

The appointment resolution for former Nitijela Member John Silk as Marshall Islands Ambassador to the United Nations was introduced in Parliament Monday. Parliament members unanimously passed the resolution without contest to appoint the former Ebon Parliament Member to the UN post. Silk has been a special consultant to President Hilda Heine since she took office […]

The post John gets Nitijela nod appeared first on The Marshall Islands Journal.

https://marshallislandsjournal.com/john-gets-nitijela-nod/


Election officials to speak at LWV meeting

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The public is invited attend the annual meeting of the League of Women Voters of Hawaii County to be held in person and via Zoom starting at starting at 10 a.m. Saturday at West Hawaii Civic Center in Kailua-Kona.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/community/election-officials-to-speak-at-lwv-meeting/


Kamuela Philharmonic to perform Sunday

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The Kamuela Philharmonic will perform a MasterWorks concert, &#8220;Greatness from Start to Finish,&#8221; at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at Kahilu Theatre in Waimea.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/community/kamuela-philharmonic-to-perform-sunday/


‘The Biggest Easter Egg Hunt’ set for March 29

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>&#8220;The Biggest Easter Egg Hunt&#8221; will take place Friday, March 29, at Francis Wong Stadium in Hilo.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/community/the-biggest-easter-egg-hunt-set-for-march-29/


‘Puppets on the Path’ at Volcano Art Center

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The public is invited to join &#8220;Puppets on the Path&#8221; as they celebrate the &#8220;Sounds of Niaulani&#8221; through a special blend of original music and puppetry representing the native rainforest in Volcano. </p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/community/puppets-on-the-path-at-volcano-art-center/


Obituaries for March 20

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Roy C. Bishop, 92, of Kailua-Kona died Jan. 18 at Hospice of Kona&#8217;s Nakamaru Hale in Holualoa. Born in British Columbia, Canada, he was a retired U.S. Air Force senior master sergeant and veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars, also retired from the State of Washington Department of Ecology Water Resources, member of New Hope Legacy Church and an artist. Inurnment services with military honors 9 a.m. Monday (March 25) at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery in Kailua-Kona. Survived by wife, Donna Bishop of Kailua-Kona; son, Kenneth (Jennifer) Bishop of Oklahoma; brother, Donald (Judith) Bishop of Seattle; sister, Grace Payne of Seattle; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/obituaries/obituaries-for-march-20-11/


ESPN will remain the home of the College Football Playoff through 2031 under $7.8 billion deal

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The College Football Playoff and ESPN announced a $7.8 billion deal Tuesday that will give the network exclusive rights to the expanded postseason through the 2031 season, with the national championship game moving to ABC starting in 2026. </p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/sports/espn-will-remain-the-home-of-the-college-football-playoff-through-2031-under-7-8-billion-deal/


How Shohei Ohtani bridges the Japan-South Korea divide

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>SEOUL, South Korea &#8212; The day after the Dodgers deplaned at Incheon Airport, pictures of Shohei Ohtani and his wife were on the pages of every major newspaper in this country.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/sports/how-shohei-ohtani-bridges-the-japan-south-korea-divide/


Haili juniors finals begin today

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>The Juniors division finals of the 64th annual Haili Volleyball Tournament will begin today.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/sports/haili-juniors-finals-begin-today/


The week in review: UH-Hilo athletics

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p><strong>WOMEN&#8217;S GOLF</strong></p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/sports/the-week-in-review-uh-hilo-athletics/


Jimmy Garoppolo discloses reason for PED suspension, expresses excitement at fresh start with Rams

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; After seven seasons of success and setbacks as a starting NFL quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo decided it was time to take a step back to recharge his career. </p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/sports/jimmy-garoppolo-discloses-reason-for-ped-suspension-expresses-excitement-at-fresh-start-with-rams/


Heavy fighting rages around Gaza’s biggest hospital as Israel raids it for a second day

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>RAFAH, Gaza Strip &#8212; Explosions and shootings shook the Gaza Strip&#8217;s biggest hospital and surrounding neighborhoods as Israeli forces stormed through the facility for a second day Tuesday. The military said it had killed 50 Hamas militants in the hospital, but it could not be independently confirmed that the dead were combatants.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/nation-world-news/heavy-fighting-rages-around-gazas-biggest-hospital-as-israel-raids-it-for-a-second-day/


Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approve another law giving government more power to curb dissent

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>HONG KONG &#8212; Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown triggered by pro-democracy protests in 2019.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/nation-world-news/hong-kong-lawmakers-unanimously-approve-another-law-giving-government-more-power-to-curb-dissent/


BIIF softball and baseball: Warriors sweep Dragons

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Honoka&#8216;a and Waiakea softball and baseball kicked off Big Island Interscholastic Federation&#8217;s week of sports by facing off Monday in Hilo.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/sports/biif-softball-and-baseball-warriors-sweep-dragons/


Fani Willis’ prosecution of Donald Trump may be alive, but it isn’t well

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Special prosecutor Nathan Wade&#8217;s resignation Friday from the Georgia racketeering prosecution of Donald Trump and others was the right decision and, indeed, a virtually forced one. Judge Scott McAfee&#8217;s resolution of a defense motion to disqualify Wade&#8217;s boss, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, left no practical alternative.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/opinion/fani-willis-prosecution-of-donald-trump-may-be-alive-but-it-isnt-well/


Schumer’s gambit against Netanyahu

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer &#8212; whom we knew back when he was Brooklyn Assemblyman Chuck Schumer and Congressman Chuck Schumer &#8212; wants Israel to hold new elections, and makes no secret that he thinks and hopes when they do, Bibi Netanyahu will be turned out. So he conveyed in a Thursday speech on the Senate floor that surprised and rankled many fellow Democrats.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/opinion/schumers-gambit-against-netanyahu/


Two men charged in ‘murder for hire’ acid attack plead not guilty

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Two men pleaded not guilty Monday to multiple charges in a March 12 superseding indictment, including conspiracy to commit first-degree attempted murder, in a &#8220;murder for hire&#8221; plot to randomly attack a woman with acid in January outside a fitness center near Ala Moana Center.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/hawaii-news/two-men-charged-in-murder-for-hire-acid-attack-plead-not-guilty/


Key questions as Trump hurtles toward deadline to pay $454 million fraud penalty

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>NEW YORK &#8212; Donald Trump is hurtling toward a critical deadline in his most costly legal battle to date. If the former president doesn&#8217;t come up with a financial guarantee by Monday, New York&#8217;s attorney general can start the process of collecting on the more than $454 million Trump owes the state in a civil fraud lawsuit.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/nation-world-news/key-questions-as-trump-hurtles-toward-deadline-to-pay-454-million-fraud-penalty/


Gov. Green in Japan to help boost tourism

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Gov. Josh Green, who is in Japan this week meeting with Japanese officials and business leaders, is working on lowering barriers to travel between Japan and Hawaii through a &#8220;Travel Corridor&#8221; that expands the Global Entry program, beefs up biometric screening and pursues &#8220;preclearance&#8221; status.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/hawaii-news/gov-green-in-japan-to-help-boost-tourism/


4 things to know from Elon Musk’s interview with Don Lemon

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>SAN FRANCISCO &#8212; Former CNN reporter Don Lemon mixed it up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an interview Lemon posted on Musk&#8217;s X social network Monday. The interview was supposed to kick off Lemon&#8217;s new talk show on X, formerly known as Twitter, at least until Musk canceled the show shortly after the interview was recorded.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/nation-world-news/4-things-to-know-from-elon-musks-interview-with-don-lemon/


Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/nation-world-news/trump-is-making-the-jan-6-attack-a-cornerstone-of-his-bid-for-the-white-house/


As electric vehicle sales slow, US relaxes plans for stricter auto emissions standards for a while

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; The Biden administration this week is expected to announce new automobile emissions standards that relax proposed tailpipe limits for three years but eventually reach the same strict standards set out by the Environmental Protection Agency.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/nation-world-news/as-electric-vehicle-sales-slow-us-relaxes-plans-for-stricter-auto-emissions-standards-for-a-while/


Waimea mini-horse named nonprofit’s Pet of the Year

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>A miniature horse from Waimea that visits patients at Queen&#8217;s North Hawaii Community Hospital has become national nonprofit Pet Partners&#8217; &#8220;Pet of the Year.&#8221;</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/hawaii-news/waimea-mini-horse-named-nonprofits-pet-of-the-year/


Supreme Court allows Texas to begin enforcing law that lets police arrest migrants at border

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to begin enforcing a law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally while a legal battle over the measure plays out.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/nation-world-news/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-begin-enforcing-law-that-lets-police-arrest-migrants-at-border/


Your Views for March 20

date: 2024-03-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Grats to the Kohala&#0010;Cowboys for victory</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/20/opinion/your-views-for-march-20-9/


JFK student awarded scholarship

date: 2024-03-20, from: Guam Daily Post

A John F. Kennedy High School student, Catherine Farrer, was chosen alongside 100 students across the United States and territories to be awarded the J-100 Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship, a first for the school and the…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/jfk-student-awarded-scholarship/article_4313459c-df4d-11ee-8ffa-cf92c6510682.html


Father Duenas wins mock trial program

date: 2024-03-20, from: Guam Daily Post

Father Duenas Memorial School students emerged as champions of the Judiciary of Guam High School Mock Trial Program.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/father-duenas-wins-mock-trial-program/article_44145e6e-e668-11ee-b6e1-eb04bf16b4b8.html


Compact impact funds left out of spending package, Moylan to continue pushing issue

date: 2024-03-20, from: Guam Daily Post

Guam Del. James Moylan said his office will continue to forward the compact impact reimbursement issue for Guam as Congress moves into the fiscal year 2025 appropriations cycle, with his office further stating that Moylan’s Guam Host Community Compensation Act…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/compact-impact-funds-left-out-of-spending-package-moylan-to-continue-pushing-issue/article_c175044c-e502-11ee-a554-c73a55611c12.html


Senate passes RECA bill, resolution supports Guam coverage expansion

date: 2024-03-20, from: Guam Daily Post

As federal legislation extending and expanding the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, sits before the House of Representatives following passage in the Senate earlier this month, local lawmakers are now considering a resolution expressing support for any amendments that…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/senate-passes-reca-bill-resolution-supports-guam-coverage-expansion/article_17c767a0-e656-11ee-a384-7be27472f757.html


Bill would allow cannabis sales with no lab opened yet

date: 2024-03-20, from: Guam Daily Post

Sen. William Parkinson has introduced legislation intended to exempt cannabis-related businesses from some testing requirements while there is no cannabis testing facility on Guam.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/bill-would-allow-cannabis-sales-with-no-lab-opened-yet/article_155d64de-e5ce-11ee-9da1-2bf0b65d3162.html


2 arrested in armed carjacking

date: 2024-03-20, from: Guam Daily Post

Two men were arrested on suspicion of an armed carjacking at Oka Pay-Less supermarket.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/2-arrested-in-armed-carjacking/article_a33803c0-e652-11ee-aaf5-d7a60d7f22e9.html


Man faces 61 years for trespassing while on pretrial release for felony

date: 2024-03-20, from: Guam Daily Post

A man faces 61 years in prison after he was found guilty of committing several counts of criminal trespass while on pretrial release.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/man-faces-61-years-for-trespassing-while-on-pretrial-release-for-felony/article_21fa6282-e592-11ee-9b99-87ec9feac3b1.html


Conflict, more evidence needed: Attorneys for 2 Thai Thai shooting suspects withdraw

date: 2024-03-20, from: Guam Daily Post

Two suspects accused in the fatal shooting and robbery at Thai Thai Healthy Cuisine restaurant last month have yet to answer to their charges.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/conflict-more-evidence-needed-attorneys-for-2-thai-thai-shooting-suspects-withdraw/article_efafb6ca-e644-11ee-9029-5b26dce189d0.html


Accountant allegedly stole $15K from clients

date: 2024-03-20, from: Guam Daily Post

An accountant for a real estate company was accused of stealing over $15,000 from clients.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/accountant-allegedly-stole-15k-from-clients/article_02a54cae-e659-11ee-a556-0353747558f9.html


Travel awards for 10 from UOG

date: 2024-03-20, from: Guam Daily Post

Ten University of Guam students received Research Corporation of the University of Guam, or RCUOG, travel awards in February to support travel to research conferences, international exchange programs and other activities that enhance their academic experiences.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/travel-awards-for-10-from-uog/article_413cf2ba-e59a-11ee-86a2-bf7c05cc0e08.html


Apple boss Tim Cook visits Shanghai, with China sales under pressure

date: 2024-03-20, updated: 2024-03-20, from: Marianas Variety

SHANGHAI (Reuters) — Apple CEO Tim Cook said he is currently visiting Shanghai, according to a post on his Weibo account on Wednesday.

https://www.mvariety.com/business/apple-boss-tim-cook-visits-shanghai-with-china-sales-under-pressure/article_5a3c6ace-e68b-11ee-8f47-2ba42dc96714.html


Meta offers to almost halve Facebook and Instagram monthly fees

date: 2024-03-20, updated: 2024-03-20, from: Marianas Variety

BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Meta Platforms has offered to almost halve its monthly subscription fee for Facebook and Instagram to 5.99 euros from 9.99 euros, a senior Meta executive said on Tuesday, a move that aims to address concerns from privacy and antitrust regulators.

https://www.mvariety.com/business/meta-offers-to-almost-halve-facebook-and-instagram-monthly-fees/article_19931e0a-e68b-11ee-b6eb-8b0702127dae.html


With deal set on US agency funding, Congress rushes to finalize bill language

date: 2024-03-20, updated: 2024-03-20, from: Marianas Variety

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Congress on Tuesday labored against a tight deadline to write a massive bill funding military, homeland security and a range of other government programs following a deal reached by congressional leaders and the White House.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/with-deal-set-on-us-agency-funding-congress-rushes-to-finalize-bill-language/article_b5e0f0ee-e68a-11ee-bedf-a3c95fbf2805.html


US approves possible Javelin missile sale to Morocco, Pentagon says

date: 2024-03-20, updated: 2024-03-20, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of Javelin missiles and related equipment to Morocco for an estimated cost of $260 million, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/us-approves-possible-javelin-missile-sale-to-morocco-pentagon-says/article_7115708e-e68a-11ee-a778-1f0e8d334fec.html


Trump urges US Supreme Court to endorse ‘absolute immunity’ for ex-presidents

date: 2024-03-20, updated: 2024-03-20, from: Marianas Variety

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief in his bid for criminal immunity for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, arguing that a former president enjoys “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts.”

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/trump-urges-us-supreme-court-to-endorse-absolute-immunity-for-ex-presidents/article_af96ba44-e689-11ee-a047-e70cbae2e553.html


US Air Force says it conducted successful hypersonic weapon test

date: 2024-03-20, updated: 2024-03-20, from: Marianas Variety

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Air Force said on Tuesday it had conducted a successful test of an air-launched hypersonic weapon in the Pacific Ocean.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/us-air-force-says-it-conducted-successful-hypersonic-weapon-test/article_89c75314-e689-11ee-9a77-838b1e1879a3.html


US oil output to exceed 14 million bpd and then plateau, says Conoco chief

date: 2024-03-20, updated: 2024-03-20, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — U.S. oil production will grow to exceed 14 million barrels per day and then plateau, ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance forecast on Tuesday.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/us-oil-output-to-exceed-14-million-bpd-and-then-plateau-says-conoco-chief/article_54adfdea-e689-11ee-aea6-7bd9823fb541.html


Trump says he could have to sell assets to cover $454 million fraud judgment

date: 2024-03-20, updated: 2024-03-20, from: Marianas Variety

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Donald Trump on Tuesday said on social media that he may be forced to mortgage or sell parts of his real estate business holdings at “fire sale prices” to secure a bond to cover a $454 million civil fraud judgment in New York.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/trump-says-he-could-have-to-sell-assets-to-cover-454-million-fraud-judgment/article_14d5a81c-e689-11ee-9549-9729571f175d.html


Bolivia seizes $450 million of cocaine in second-biggest drug bust

date: 2024-03-20, updated: 2024-03-20, from: Marianas Variety

LA PAZ (Reuters) — Bolivian police have carried out the second-largest drug bust in the country’s history, seizing more than 7.2 tons of cocaine destined for Belgium with a street value of nearly half a billion U.S. dollars, the interior minister said.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/bolivia-seizes-450-million-of-cocaine-in-second-biggest-drug-bust/article_b38f8a82-e688-11ee-92d3-1bd62663aed3.html


China tells US to not take sides on South China Sea issue

date: 2024-03-20, updated: 2024-03-20, from: Marianas Variety

BEIJING (Reuters) — China said the United States must refrain from “stirring up trouble” or taking sides on the South China Sea issue, after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a security deal with the Manila extended to attacks on the Philippine coast guard.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/china-tells-us-to-not-take-sides-on-south-china-sea-issue/article_f2a1dff0-e687-11ee-aecd-57bd05092ad7.html


Nuclear legacy likely to persist as the staple of US-Marshall Islands talks

date: 2024-03-20, from: Pacific Island Times

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Despite compromises that have been reached on nuclear reparations, the lingering impact of the massive U.S. nuclear…

https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/nuclear-legacy-likely-to-persist-as-the-staple-of-us-marshall-islands-talks


Sen. Spark Matsunaga’s political legacy unveiled in digital collection

date: 2024-03-20, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: 2 minutes The footage is the inaugural release by the Hawaiʻi Congressional Media collection.

The post Sen. Spark Matsunaga’s political legacy unveiled in digital collection first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/19/spark-matsunagas-digital-archive/


Hawaiʻi HS class of ’23 overcomes pandemic obstacles in college preparedness

date: 2024-03-19, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: 3 minutes The class of 2023 report details the achievements of 11,538 students across 65 public schools including public charters.

The post Hawaiʻi HS class of ’23 overcomes pandemic obstacles in college preparedness first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/19/hs-class-of-23-overcomes-pandemic/


FAS migrants will get nothing more than what is available to US citizens on Guam

date: 2024-03-19, from: Pacific Island Times

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan In a bid to sort out the confusion over the Compact Impact Fairness Act, a U.S. official said regional migrants…

https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/fas-migrants-will-get-nothing-more-than-what-is-available-to-us-citizens-on-guam


Man pleads guilty to murder in Hawaii after killing lover and encasing his body in tub

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>HONOLULU &#8212; A man pleaded guilty to murder Monday, about two years after his lover&#8217;s decomposing body was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaii&#8217;s most exclusive gated communities.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/hawaii-news/man-pleads-guilty-to-murder-in-hawaii-after-killing-lover-and-encasing-his-body-in-tub/


Supreme Court seems favorable to Biden administration over efforts to combat social media posts

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to side with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security in a case that could set standards for free speech in the digital age.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/nation-world-news/supreme-court-seems-favorable-to-biden-administration-over-efforts-to-combat-social-media-posts/


Subpoenas on Maui agencies and officials delay release of key report into deadly wildfire

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>HONOLULU &#8212; Hawaii&#8217;s attorney general on Monday blamed a delay of the release of a key report into a deadly Maui wildfire on county agencies that forced investigators to issue subpoenas.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/hawaii-news/subpoenas-on-maui-agencies-and-officials-delay-release-of-key-report-into-deadly-wildfire/


More housing, hotels for Kona: Lili‘uokalani Trust plans to develop nearly 70 acres

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>A draft environmental assessment for the Lili&#8216;uokalani Trust Makalapua Project details plans for a mixed residential/hotel/commercial development on land adjacent to the Old Kona Industrial, Kona Commons and Old Kona Airport Park.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/hawaii-news/more-housing-hotels-for-kona-liliuokalani-trust-plans-to-develop-nearly-70-acres/


Trump spurned by 30 companies as he seeks bond in $454 million judgment

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Donald Trump&#8217;s lawyers disclosed Monday that he had failed to secure a roughly half-billion-dollar bond in his civil fraud case in New York, raising the prospect that the state could seek to freeze some of his bank accounts and seize some of his marquee properties.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/nation-world-news/trump-spurned-by-30-companies-as-he-seeks-bond-in-454-million-judgment/


Experts: Take rat lungworm disease seriously

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Awareness is key in preventing and treating rat lungworm, the prevalent and serious disease often found in East Hawaii residents.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/hawaii-news/experts-take-rat-lungworm-disease-seriously/


Dangerous dogs bill advances: Measure would create harsher penalties for their owners

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>A proposal to strengthen state laws regarding vicious dogs will reach another milestone today following weeks of overwhelming public support.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/hawaii-news/dangerous-dogs-bill-advances-measure-would-create-harsher-penalties-for-their-owners/


The status quo has become a moving target as college basketball ramps up to March Madness

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Oregon pulled off a run of three wins in three days, capped by a championship that propelled the Ducks into the NCAA Tournament.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/sports/the-status-quo-has-become-a-moving-target-as-college-basketball-ramps-up-to-march-madness/


$510 Dodgers jerseys and $150 caps. Behold the price of being an Ohtani fan in Japan

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>SEOUL, South Korea &#8212; Mai Fukuo was gift-shopping for a friend. Hideki Chiba was in the same sports store in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo looking for something for his father-in-law.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/sports/510-dodgers-jerseys-and-150-caps-behold-the-price-of-being-an-ohtani-fan-in-japan/


From ailing Jayhawks to injured Eagles, health could help to decide this year’s NCAA Tournament

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Bill Self was downright curious to see what Kansas would look like in the Big 12 Tournament when injuries to Hunter Dickinson and fellow All-American candidate Kevin McCullar Jr. ruled them out for the games in Kansas City.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/sports/from-ailing-jayhawks-to-injured-eagles-health-could-help-to-decide-this-years-ncaa-tournament/


Nvidia backs little-known upstart in India’s biggest AI bet yet

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>It&#8217;s a sultry March evening in the suburbs of Mumbai and a group of men hovers anxiously at the back gate of a startup called Yotta Data Services. They pace, pause and fret. It&#8217;s approaching midnight, 10 hours late, when a truck pulls up with the precious cargo they&#8217;ve been waiting for: semiconductors from Nvidia Corp.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/nation-world-news/nvidia-backs-little-known-upstart-in-indias-biggest-ai-bet-yet/


Report says famine is ‘imminent’ in northern Gaza as Israel launches another raid on main hospital

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>RAFAH, Gaza Strip &#8212; Famine is &#8220;imminent&#8221; in northern Gaza, where 70% of people are experiencing catastrophic hunger, according to a report issued Monday that warned escalation of the war could push half of Gaza&#8217;s total population to the brink of starvation.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/nation-world-news/report-says-famine-is-imminent-in-northern-gaza-as-israel-launches-another-raid-on-main-hospital/


Obituaries for March 19

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Daniel Gomera, 83, of Hilo died Feb. 25. Born in Hamakua, he was a self-employed maintenance worker and U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran awarded the Purple Heart. Celebration of life at a later date. Survived by brothers, Gabriel S. Gomera and Engoy Gomera; sisters, Judy Gomera, Orie Gomera and May Gomera; nephew and caregiver, Gabe Shawn Gomera. Arrangements by Ballard Family Mortuary.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/obituaries/obituaries-for-march-19-9/


Hilo senior competes at World Aquatics Championships

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Ron Koehler&#8217;s love of water polo and swimming has taken him to many places throughout his life.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/sports/hilo-senior-competes-at-world-aquatics-championships/


Putin extends rule in preordained Russian election after harshest crackdown since Soviet era

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>President Vladimir Putin extended his reign over Russia in a landslide election whose outcome was never in doubt, declaring his determination Monday to advance deeper into Ukraine and dangling new threats against the West.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/nation-world-news/putin-extends-rule-in-preordained-russian-election-after-harshest-crackdown-since-soviet-era/


Powell’s silence frustrates markets as post-COVID economy shifts

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>For Rick Plympton, there&#8217;s no going back to the pre-COVID-19 economy. The chief executive officer of precision-lens maker Optimax Systems Inc. sees &#8220;shifting sands&#8221; in many aspects of his business.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/nation-world-news/powells-silence-frustrates-markets-as-post-covid-economy-shifts/


Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, has died at age 93

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday. He was 93.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/nation-world-news/astronaut-thomas-stafford-commander-of-apollo-10-has-died-at-age-93/


Let’s Talk Food: First day of spring

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Today is the first day of spring, marking the vernal equinox. The sun crosses the celestial equator going south to north. The Northern and Southern Hemispheres receive roughly equal amounts of sunlight; neither hemisphere is tilted more toward or away from the sun than the other.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/features/lets-talk-food-first-day-of-spring/


TikTok scapegoated for failure to regulate Big Tech

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>In a political stampede Wednesday, the House overwhelmingly approved a bill that would force the social media app TikTok to be divested from China-based owner ByteDance, or face banning. The Senate should have more sense and slow this down.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/opinion/tiktok-scapegoated-for-failure-to-regulate-big-tech-2/


Marginal military gains won’t stop a famine in Gaza

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>There&#8217;s much we don&#8217;t understand about Israel&#8217;s raid on the Gaza Strip&#8217;s Shifa Hospital with tanks and bulldozers Monday.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/opinion/marginal-military-gains-wont-stop-a-famine-in-gaza/


I regained my sense of self by baking bread

date: 2024-03-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Something was missing from my life. I was feeling restless. Listless. All kinds of less.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/19/features/i-regained-my-sense-of-self-by-baking-bread/


date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

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Palau Faces Challenges Registering Over 25% of Land

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

KOROR, Palau — A report by the Palau Supreme Court revealed that more than 25% of the country’s land mass remains unregistered as of February 2024. The report states that over 4,000 land claims are pending, while only 721 claims were resolved in 2023. “Disposed of” in this context signifies that these claims involved titles […]

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Businesses Brace for Potential Minimum Wage Hikes

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

Palau’s national congress, the Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK), is considering two proposals to raise the minimum wage. The government has advocated for an increase for the past three years, recently granting a $3,120 annual raise to public sector employees. Two bills are on the table: House Bill 11-49-5S, HD2, and a supplemental budget proposal submitted […]

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Taiwan Embassy donates 1,800 USD to the Friends of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary to pursue sustainable development in Palau

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

On March 13, Ambassador Jessica C. Lee delivered a check of $1,800 to the Friends of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (FRIENDS), in support of its Palau Pledge Dive Camp. Ambassador Jessica C. Lee said the Embassy is proud of FRIENDS’ long term partner to keep Palau pristine and healthy. She recognized that marine conservation […]

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https://islandtimes.org/taiwan-embassy-donates-1800-usd-to-the-friends-of-the-palau-national-marine-sanctuary-to-pursue-sustainable-development-in-palau/


Mitsko Basilius Crowned Ebilreklai, Continues Legacy of Udes Clan in Melekeok State

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

Last Saturday, March 16, 2024, marked a significant moment for the Udes clan of Melekeok State as Mitsko Basilius was publicly installed as the new Ebilreklai, succeeding the late Ebilreklai Gracia Yalap. The coronation feast, held at the House of Trolii in Ukaeb hamlet, was a momentous occasion attended by members of the family and […]

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FY 2024 Supplemental Budget bill at a glance

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

The supplemental budget summary submitted to Olbiil era Kelulau. Bureau of School Operations: $1.6M Bureau of Curriculum & Instructions: $500,000 School books, supplies & equipment: $100,000 Palau Severely Disabled Assistance Fund: $206,400 Public Health & Human Services: $231,660 Hospital & Clinical Services: $917,040 Council of Chiefs: $75,000 to help with the Traditional Leaders’ Forum Office […]

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Easter Fair and Egg Hunt on March 27

date: 2024-03-19, from: Guam Daily Post

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero and Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio invite families to participate in the annual Easter Fair and Egg Hunt at the Northern Sports Complex on Wednesday, March 27, Adelup announced recently in a press release.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/easter-fair-and-egg-hunt-on-march-27/article_b1582efc-e595-11ee-9390-db70cc82379a.html


date: 2024-03-19, from: Guam Daily Post

Lawmakers will return to session Wednesday after pausing proceedings for a day. Lawmakers are in the middle of addressing a number of election-related measures. They recessed Monday afternoon before moving on to Bill 233-37, a measure that changes the law…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/election-related-bills-addressed/article_f16b62a4-e58e-11ee-8fc5-8bd81f09dd92.html


5th possible candidate picks up packet for delegate; Republicans elect leaders

date: 2024-03-19, from: Guam Daily Post

A fifth potential candidate may be throwing his hat in the ring for the race to become Guam’s next delegate to Congress.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/5th-possible-candidate-picks-up-packet-for-delegate-republicans-elect-leaders/article_449f6642-e59d-11ee-a472-2b7e01022d86.html


Naloxone training to be offered

date: 2024-03-19, from: Guam Daily Post

With opioid overdoses on the rise in the United States, Guam health officials are being proactive in offering free training to the community on how to respond to overdoses and save lives, the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center said…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/naloxone-training-to-be-offered/article_6bdf8460-e4d7-11ee-b353-2b0a67060fc4.html


Legislature may weigh in on Supreme Court petition over abortion decision

date: 2024-03-19, from: Guam Daily Post

Legal counsel for the Guam Legislature requested, and was granted in part, an extension of time to respond to the writ of certiorari petition filed by the attorney general regarding last year’s Supreme Court of Guam decision on the island’s…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/legislature-may-weigh-in-on-supreme-court-petition-over-abortion-decision/article_44964efe-e50c-11ee-8ea8-c75a449e7d3c.html


Alvarez attempted murder charge dismissed

date: 2024-03-19, from: Guam Daily Post

Attempted murder charges filed against a mixed martial arts fighter were dismissed without prejudice in the Superior Court of Guam.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/alvarez-attempted-murder-charge-dismissed/article_3698466a-e587-11ee-87f9-c749afeef5e1.html


Firefighters honored with Medal of Valor

date: 2024-03-19, from: Guam Daily Post

Two employees of the Guam Fire Department were honored with the Medal of Valor for their bravery and heroism in rescuing two distressed swimmers in hazardous conditions following Typhoon Mawar last year.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/firefighters-honored-with-medal-of-valor/article_2f04148e-e58b-11ee-ac32-eb5924b7eb4f.html


Leadership Vacuum at Bureau of Public Safety as Director Departs

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

KOROR, Palau – The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS), responsible for seven divisions under the Ministry of Justice, is currently without a permanent director or acting director. Former Director Levitre’s term officially ended on March 15th, and no replacement has been named for either position. This leadership gap raises questions about the day-to-day operations of […]

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https://islandtimes.org/leadership-vacuum-at-bureau-of-public-safety-as-director-departs/


US military plans $400 million upgrade to Yap’s airport in western Pacific

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

Stephen Wright (Benar News) The U.S. Air Force has outlined plans to spend $400 million on upgrading the international airport on the Micronesian island of Yap to overcome what it says is a lack of military-capable airports in the strategically important Pacific region. The plan is detailed in budget documents for the 2025 fiscal year […]

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https://islandtimes.org/us-military-plans-400-million-upgrade-to-yaps-airport-in-western-pacific/


FEMA reopens household program to COFA citizens

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said it will reopen enrollment for the Individuals and Households Program to include Compacts of Free Association citizens impacted by the Maui wildfires. Earlier,  United States senators,   Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), Representative Jill Tokuda (D-HI), and Representative Ed Case (D-HI)  urged  FEMA Administrator Deanne […]

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EMBRACE BEING ALONE

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”  Joseph Campbell Life is all habits and reflects.  Think of the morning routine.  It is mostly done without you being fully present. It’s been  programmed into your subconsoous.  Its like driving a car, you don’t think about it but you step on the gas […]

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Ke De di Mo Beab ma Rekung er tial Compact

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

So, our leaders have been touting that if USA don’t, China will. Well, please do explain to us what the plan is. Because so far, I think we have been working on someone else’s plans and not the Palauan people’s plans. How do we counter China now that we have the funds? What are plans […]

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https://islandtimes.org/ke-de-di-mo-beab-ma-rekung-er-tial-compact/


Blas: CIFA doesn’t clear out outstanding tabs for Compact impact owed to Guam

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

HAGATNA (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES)—The U.S federal government still owes Guam for the costs incurred by the territory on services provided to migrants from the freely associated states over the past 20 years, Senator Frank Blas Jr. said. According to the most recent Compact Impact Report, the costs of hosting citizens of Palau, the Federated States […]

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https://islandtimes.org/blas-cifa-doesnt-clear-out-outstanding-tabs-for-compact-impact-owed-to-guam/


Cook Islands migrant workers welcome High Court ruling on residency threshold

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

RAROTONGA (RNZ PACIFIC) —The Cook Islands High Court has found that the country’s immigration law that offers preferential treatment to New Zealand citizens over those from other nations is “invalid”. New Zealand passport holders only need to wait five years to apply for permanent residency under the current rules while all nationals with other citizenship […]

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https://islandtimes.org/cook-islands-migrant-workers-welcome-high-court-ruling-on-residency-threshold/


CNMI seeks to address fiscal crisis

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

SAIPAN (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES) — CNMI leaders on Sunday announced plans to revise the government’s current budget to address the “urgent fiscal challenges” facing the commonwealth. “While it’s not easy to share this news, I believe we must confront our challenges openly and work together to find solutions,” said Governor Arnold Palacios. Updates from the […]

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Committee to hold briefing over growing foster care needs

date: 2024-03-19, from: Guam Daily Post

In light of the island’s increasing need for foster homes, the legislative committee on health, chaired by Speaker Therese Terlaje, will be holding an information briefing on the recruitment of foster parents, and is reaching out to individuals and families…

https://www.postguam.com/news/committee-to-hold-briefing-over-growing-foster-care-needs/article_fcf7c962-e5c7-11ee-9fea-ff97d96aa1a4.html


Putin hails electoral victory that was preordained, after harshly suppressing opposition voices

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

By EMMA BURROWS, DASHA LITVINOVA and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Korea, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Honduras, the vote count nearly complete. President Vladimir Putin basked in a victory early Monday that was never in doubt, as partial election results underlined the Russian leader’s total control of the country’s political system. After facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing […]

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https://islandtimes.org/putin-hails-electoral-victory-that-was-preordained-after-harshly-suppressing-opposition-voices/


China’s economy shows signs of improvement, but its property sector is still in the doldrums

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China’s manufacturing and investment improved in the first two months of the year, while weakness in the property sector weighed on the economy, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. The report said industrial output rose 7% from a year earlier in January-February, better than […]

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https://islandtimes.org/chinas-economy-shows-signs-of-improvement-but-its-property-sector-is-still-in-the-doldrums/


Curry scores 31 in return as Warriors defeat Lakers 128-121 despite 40 points from James

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Curry belatedly celebrated his birthday by returning to the Golden State lineup and leading the Warriors to a much-needed victory. Curry, who turned 36 on Thursday, scored 31 points after missing the last three games with a sprained right ankle as the Warriors beat […]

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https://islandtimes.org/curry-scores-31-in-return-as-warriors-defeat-lakers-128-121-despite-40-points-from-james/


Ohtani may be South Korea’s most-beloved Japanese athlete. His charm is winning over historic rivals

date: 2024-03-19, from: Island Times

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shohei Ohtani may be South Korea’s most-beloved Japanese athlete, a testament to his charm in softening any lingering animosity between the two neighbors. Since his arrival in South Korea with his wife for the Major League Baseball opener on Wednesday against the San Diego Padres, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar has […]

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https://islandtimes.org/ohtani-may-be-south-koreas-most-beloved-japanese-athlete-his-charm-is-winning-over-historic-rivals/


Cryptoverse: AI tokens outpace record-breaking bitcoin

date: 2024-03-19, updated: 2024-03-19, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — The artificial intelligence boom has hit the crypto market with a bang.

https://www.mvariety.com/business/cryptoverse-ai-tokens-outpace-record-breaking-bitcoin/article_c69ca7b8-e5c0-11ee-b8d6-dbfe4525b4e4.html


AstraZeneca to buy Fusion Pharma for $2 billion in cash

date: 2024-03-19, updated: 2024-03-19, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc for about $2 billion in cash.

https://www.mvariety.com/business/astrazeneca-to-buy-fusion-pharma-for-2-billion-in-cash/article_84422f3c-e5c0-11ee-96c9-9f9302b8a3e8.html


Trump fails to secure bond for $454 million judgment in civil fraud case as asset seizures loom

date: 2024-03-19, updated: 2024-03-19, from: Marianas Variety

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Donald Trump’s efforts to secure a bond to cover a $454 million judgment in a New York civil fraud case has been rejected by 30 surety companies, his lawyers said on Monday, inching him closer to the possibility of having his properties seized.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/trump-fails-to-secure-bond-for-454-million-judgment-in-civil-fraud-case-as-asset/article_39ae9320-e5c0-11ee-b714-07022f0c58cf.html


Activist investor Nelson Peltz to vote for Donald Trump, FT reports

date: 2024-03-19, updated: 2024-03-19, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz plans to vote for Donald Trump, citing concerns over 81-year-old President Biden’s fitness for office, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/activist-investor-nelson-peltz-to-vote-for-donald-trump-ft-reports/article_013ccc6e-e5c0-11ee-bc39-9b8e0989fd5a.html


New York mayor accused of sexually assaulting transit co-worker in 1993

date: 2024-03-19, updated: 2024-03-19, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — A former New York City employee filed suit on Monday accusing Mayor Eric Adams of sexually assaulting her in 1993, when both worked for the municipal transit police bureau, after she went to him seeking help in navigating a hostile office environment.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/new-york-mayor-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-transit-co-worker-in-1993/article_b358cac0-e5bf-11ee-b511-0b29eb4bc290.html


Biden expands women’s health research, adds $200 million for sexual, reproductive issues

date: 2024-03-19, updated: 2024-03-19, from: Marianas Variety

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Joe Biden signed a new executive order on Monday that expands U.S. government research on women’s health, while pledging $200 million next year to better understand issues, including sexual and reproductive conditions.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/biden-expands-womens-health-research-adds-200-million-for-sexual-reproductive-issues/article_469c8ade-e5bf-11ee-9f3a-77accbad5b50.html


Trump loses bid to block Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels testimony at hush money trial

date: 2024-03-19, updated: 2024-03-19, from: Marianas Variety

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Donald Trump on Monday lost a bid to block testimony from Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels at his upcoming trial on charges stemming from hush money that Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer, paid Daniels, a porn star, before the 2016 election.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/trump-loses-bid-to-block-michael-cohen-stormy-daniels-testimony-at-hush-money-trial/article_d61c32be-e5be-11ee-aece-876b12617e5c.html


Canada parliament vote on backing Palestinian statehood hits delay

date: 2024-03-19, updated: 2024-03-19, from: Marianas Variety

OTTAWA (Reuters) — Last-minute parliamentary wrangling on Monday delayed a vote by Canadian legislators on a non-binding motion to back Palestinian statehood, an idea that looked set to deepen splits inside the ruling Liberal Party.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/canada-parliament-vote-on-backing-palestinian-statehood-hits-delay/article_754b86a6-e5be-11ee-951a-8303ba6201ce.html


Gaza’s catastrophic food shortage means mass death is imminent, monitor says

date: 2024-03-19, updated: 2024-03-19, from: Marianas Variety

CAIRO/JERUSALEM/LONDON (Reuters) — Extreme food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already exceeded famine levels, and mass death is now imminent without an immediate ceasefire and surge of food to areas cut off by fighting, the global hunger monitor said on Monday.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/gazas-catastrophic-food-shortage-means-mass-death-is-imminent-monitor-says/article_72f075ca-e5bd-11ee-be86-7b604ff6d739.html


Bishop wins ’ship, pound Pirates 12-2

date: 2024-03-19, updated: 2024-03-19, from: Marianas Variety

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — With 13 stolen bases, five hits and stellar pitching, the Bishop Baumgartner Memorial Catholic School Obispos ran, slugged and hurled themselves to the 7th Annual 76 PONY Guam Department of Education Interscholastic Sports Association Middle School Baseball League championship game win over the Agueda I. Johnston Middle School Pirates Sunday at Okkodo High School in Dededo.

https://www.mvariety.com/sports/localsports/bishop-wins-ship-pound-pirates-12-2/article_0ee0226a-e5bd-11ee-9ebc-c7339ad77763.html


Anti-Corruption workshop unpacks youth vision

date: 2024-03-19, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)

Labasa, Fiji 8th March – Over 70 students from Fiji’s Northern Division participated in the…

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https://www.usp.ac.fj/news/anti-corruption-workshop-to-unpack-youth-vision/


Water polo trio makes a splash on Cutino Award Watch List

date: 2024-03-19, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: < 1 minute UH’s three selections lead the way among the 17 teams in the nation on the list.

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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/18/water-polo-trio-cutino-award-watch-list/


Sakanoko comes up big, earns Big West’s Freshman of the Week

date: 2024-03-19, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: < 1 minute Louis Sakanoko finished with career highs of 19 kills, 40 attempts, nine digs and three blocks.

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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/18/sakanoko-earns-big-wests-freshman/


Smoking’s impact across racial, ethnic groups focus of UH study

date: 2024-03-19, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: 2 minutes UH Cancer Center researchers explore smoking habits, epigenetics, and lung cancer risk.

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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/18/multiethnic-smoking-study/


Changing wildlife activity highlight detrimental effects of human disturbance

date: 2024-03-19, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: 3 minutes The study used data from before and during the COVID-19 lockdowns to examine wild mammal behavior amid changing human activity levels.

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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/18/changing-wildlife-activity/


Frontier

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawai’i Pacific Review (HPU Literary Magazine)

by A. J. Bermudez I love a Western. Give me sky & land sun as a doomsday clock whalebone stays & fourteen-inch waists whatever’s for dinner’s whatever you shot  Give me hot heads & hot hands & hot springs freedom … Continue reading

https://hawaiipacificreview.org/2024/03/18/frontier/


Guam is the CNMI’s nearest source market for military tourists

date: 2024-03-18, from: Pacific Island Times

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Saipan – The Marianas Visitors Authority is pumping up its strategies to attract military visitors to…

https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/cnmi-sees-guam-as-the-nearest-source-market-for-military-tourists


Problem solvers, critical thinkers, future scientists gather at SIFA science fair

date: 2024-03-18, from: Pacific Island Times

By Pacific Island Times News Staff The hallways and classrooms at SIFA Learning Academy Charter School formed the nucleus of creativity…

https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/problem-solvers-critical-thinkers-future-scientists-gather-at-sifa-science-fair


Biden campaign has amassed $155M in cash on hand for 2024 campaign and raised $53M last month

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; President Joe Biden&#8217;s campaign has amassed $155 million in cash on hand for the 2024 election, far exceeding the in-hand total for his Republican opponent, Donald Trump.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/nation-world-news/biden-campaign-has-amassed-155m-in-cash-on-hand-for-2024-campaign-and-raised-53m-last-month/


‘There’s no agenda here’: A look at the judge who is overseeing Trump’s hush money trial

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>NEW YORK &#8212; Judge Juan M. Merchan looked across his high-ceilinged courtroom, facing the defendant in a complicated case.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/nation-world-news/theres-no-agenda-here-a-look-at-the-judge-who-is-overseeing-trumps-hush-money-trial/


With cloudy state finances, Hawaii’s ‘rainy day’ fund held for future rainy day

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Hawaii lawmakers have recently considered cutting every state agency&#8217;s budget along with various special funds and capital improvement projects to pay for stunning costs related to the Maui wildfire disaster, with one very big special fund excluded.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/hawaii-news/with-cloudy-state-finances-hawaiis-rainy-day-fund-held-for-future-rainy-day/


Hawaii seeks answers to state’s lithium-ion battery conundrum

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>As Hawaii strives toward its clean energy goals, there is growing concern over the waste stream of lithium-ion batteries that come with renewable energy technology.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/hawaii-news/hawaii-seeks-answers-to-states-lithium-ion-battery-conundrum/


Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>TEL AVIV, Israel &#8212; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from top ally the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, describing calls for a new election as &#8220;wholly inappropriate.&#8221;</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/nation-world-news/netanyahu-snaps-back-against-growing-us-criticism-after-being-accused-of-losing-his-way-on-gaza/


The European Union announces an $8 billion aid package for Egypt as concerns mount over migration

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>CAIRO &#8212; The European Union on Sunday announced a 7.4 billion-euro ($8 billion) aid package for cash-strapped Egypt as concerns mount that economic pressure and conflicts in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/nation-world-news/the-european-union-announces-an-8-billion-aid-package-for-egypt-as-concerns-mount-over-migration/


North Korea resumes missile tests, raising tensions with its rivals after their military drills’ end

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>SEOUL, South Korea &#8212; North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Monday morning, its neighbors said, days after the end of the South Korean-U.S. military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/nation-world-news/north-korea-resumes-missile-tests-raising-tensions-with-its-rivals-after-their-military-drills-end/


First charter flight with US citizens fleeing Haiti lands in Miami

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>MIAMI (AP) &#8212; A charter flight carrying dozens of U.S. citizens fleeing spiraling gang violence in Haiti landed Sunday in Miami, U.S. State Department officials said.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/nation-world-news/first-charter-flight-with-us-citizens-fleeing-haiti-lands-in-miami/


Putin basks in electoral victory that was never in doubt even as Russians quietly protest

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Russian President Vladimir Putin basked in a victory early Monday that was never in doubt, as partial election results showed him easily securing a fifth term after facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/nation-world-news/putin-basks-in-electoral-victory-that-was-never-in-doubt-even-as-russians-quietly-protest/


TikTok creators warn of economic impact if app sees ban, call it a vital space for the marginalized

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Alex Pearlman shut the door on dreams of a standup comedy career almost a decade ago, pivoting from the stage to an office cubicle where he worked a customer service job.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/features/tiktok-creators-warn-of-economic-impact-if-app-sees-ban-call-it-a-vital-space-for-the-marginalized/


Obituaries for March 18

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Yvonne Chappell Corbin, 85, of Keaau died Feb. 29 at Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center in Hilo. Born in California, she an archaeologist for PHRI. No services. Survived by husband, Alan Corbin of Keaau; son, James Brady of Wilmington, N.C.; daughter, Bryce Miler of California; hanai daughter, Michelle Kikala of Keaau; grandchildren and extended family. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/obituaries/obituaries-for-march-18-10/


BIIF track and field: Kona, Waiakea dominate Week 2 meet at Kealakehe’s new track

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>KAILUA-KONA &#8212; History was made during Week 2 of the Big Island Interscholastic Federation&#8217;s (BIIF) track and field season Saturday on the west side of the island.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/sports/biif-track-and-field-kona-waiakea-dominate-week-2-meet-at-kealakehes-new-track/


South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are the top seeds in the women’s NCAA Tournament

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>(AP) &#8212; Dawn Staley and South Carolina could see some familiar faces on their path to trying to finish off an undefeated season.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/sports/south-carolina-iowa-usc-and-texas-are-the-top-seeds-in-the-womens-ncaa-tournament/


March Madness is here. UConn, Purdue, Houston and North Carolina get top seeding in NCAA Tournament

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Even before the brackets came out Sunday, March Madness was a muddled mess.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/sports/march-madness-is-here-uconn-purdue-houston-and-north-carolina-get-top-seeding-in-ncaa-tournament/


BIIF baseball and softball: Waiakea sweeps Kona in weekend action

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p><strong>SOFTBALL: WAIAKEA 14 - KONA 1</strong></p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/sports/biif-baseball-and-softball-waiakea-sweeps-kona-in-weekend-action/


Owning up: GOP shouldn’t get to disavow unpopular IVF restrictions

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>A few months ago, the idea that in vitro fertilization &#8212; the medical process of fertilizing eggs in a lab setting and selecting embryos to be carried by would-be parents &#8212; would be a major political issue in the State of the Union would have seemed shocking. Yet, Thursday night, President Joe Biden referred to it explicitly as a priority, calling for Congress to guarantee a national right to IVF.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/opinion/owning-up-gop-shouldnt-get-to-disavow-unpopular-ivf-restrictions/


A damaged Fani Willis picks up the pieces of her case against Trump

date: 2024-03-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>On Friday morning, the judge overseeing the Georgia criminal case against Donald Trump and many of his allies for his effort to overturn the 2020 election issued a ruling rejecting a defense motion to disqualify Fani Willis. The defense had claimed that Willis, the prosecutor in the case, had a &#8220;personal stake&#8221; in the outcome of the case because she had a romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, a lawyer she hired to lead the state&#8217;s prosecution team.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/18/opinion/a-damaged-fani-willis-picks-up-the-pieces-of-her-case-against-trump/


Islanders avenge loss, blank Dolphins 1-0 in Challenge Cup championship game

date: 2024-03-18, from: Guam Daily Post

In an opening round in the 2024 Girls High School Challenge Cup, a preseason soccer tournament hosted by the Guam Football Association and supported by the Japan Football Association, the Southern High School Dolphins, in a penalty shootout, defeated the…

https://www.postguam.com/sports/local/islanders-avenge-loss-blank-dolphins-1-0-in-challenge-cup-championship-game/article_5bfb2aaa-e4b3-11ee-aa9e-a357cbde2e33.html


ADA recognizes TakeCare

date: 2024-03-18, from: Guam Daily Post

The American Diabetes Association, the nation’s leading organization committed to fighting diabetes, recently announced the recognition of TakeCare Insurance Company through its Education Recognition Program.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/ada-recognizes-takecare/article_770ed23e-e32c-11ee-8d64-0b1753ba7e6d.html


Judiciary hosts Guam-CNMI high school mock trial event

date: 2024-03-18, from: Guam Daily Post

On March 10, aspiring lawyers were put to the test as the Judiciary of Guam hosted its second Mock Trial Friendship Tournament, featuring Southern High School and Academy of Our Lady of Guam versus Marianas High School from the Commonwealth…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/judiciary-hosts-guam-cnmi-high-school-mock-trial-event/article_50aa9a1e-e404-11ee-b2b3-3fb4c1d755e7.html


Senators begin March session

date: 2024-03-18, from: Guam Daily Post

Legislation authorizing the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency to adopt and implement an automated system and a harmonized commodity and coding system was among the first measures placed into the voting file by lawmakers at the onset of this month’s…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/senators-begin-march-session/article_785aca2e-e4be-11ee-a4ee-97848660f5cc.html


3rd GDOE engagement forum Thursday

date: 2024-03-18, from: Guam Daily Post

The Guam Department of Education will host its third engagement forum aimed at garnering input from students, parents and educators on improving public school education.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/3rd-gdoe-engagement-forum-thursday/article_a42ed178-e4d6-11ee-b20e-5f9dc43a3dbe.html


Life sentence for 2019 rape, kidnapping

date: 2024-03-18, from: Guam Daily Post

A man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole in 15 years for a 2019 rape and kidnapping.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/life-sentence-for-2019-rape-kidnapping/article_616f538e-e4d2-11ee-840d-1f6f4488c446.html


3 arrested during drug raid in Sinajana

date: 2024-03-18, from: Guam Daily Post

A drug raid of a Sinajana residence resulted in the arrest of a man suspected of selling methamphetamine and two women accused of child abuse.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/3-arrested-during-drug-raid-in-sinajana/article_7fa0a784-e4b6-11ee-a923-bbb5252dc463.html


Bishop wins ’ship, pound Pirates 12-2

date: 2024-03-18, from: Guam Daily Post

With 13 stolen bases, five hits and stellar pitching, the Bishop Baumgartner Memorial Catholic School Obispos ran, slugged and hurled themselves to the 7th Annual 76 PONY Guam Department of Education Interscholastic Sports Association Middle School Baseball League championship game…

https://www.postguam.com/sports/local/bishop-wins-ship-pound-pirates-12-2/article_e637a732-e4ab-11ee-9bce-9742e73f396b.html


Fired police officer says dismissal unfair

date: 2024-03-18, from: Guam Daily Post

A former Guam Police Department officer implicated in unsealed search warrants related to a federal drug investigation is appealing his termination at the Civil Service Commission, arguing that his dismissal was unfair and discriminatory and that he was not granted…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/fired-police-officer-says-dismissal-unfair/article_92381662-e4c9-11ee-893e-1f2a889d9063.html


‘Unhygienic and unhealthy’: Student starts petition to remove school’s portable toilets

date: 2024-03-18, from: Guam Daily Post

If you have ever used a Porta-Potti, more often than not, the decision wasn’t by choice, but those are the facilities students at Agueda I. Johnston Middle School must use daily, and they are “tired of it.”

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/unhygienic-and-unhealthy-student-starts-petition-to-remove-schools-portable-toilets/article_30b549dc-e4d8-11ee-bd0e-d702921e4c66.html


Fifth potential candidate for Congress, Guam Republican party elects leadership

date: 2024-03-18, from: Guam Daily Post

A fifth potential candidate may be throwing his hat into the race to become Guam’s next delegate to Congress.

https://www.postguam.com/news/fifth-potential-candidate-for-congress-guam-republican-party-elects-leadership/article_0e0bf37c-e4f6-11ee-b316-eb72756629be.html


Apple in talks to let Google’s Gemini power iPhone AI features, Bloomberg News says

date: 2024-03-18, updated: 2024-03-18, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — Apple is in talks to build Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) engine into the iPhone, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation.

https://www.mvariety.com/business/apple-in-talks-to-let-googles-gemini-power-iphone-ai-features-bloomberg-news-says/article_7290de7a-e4f1-11ee-92bd-a7ea4e0f8a67.html


Meta, Boeing, GE Vernova join US business delegation to Vietnam this week

date: 2024-03-18, updated: 2024-03-18, from: Marianas Variety

HANOI (Reuters) - A large U.S. business delegation, including Meta, Boeing and wind energy firm GE Vernova, is visiting Vietnam this week in a sign of continued corporate interest in the Southeast Asian nation after Washington upgraded ties last year. About 50 companies will participate, according to organizer US-ASEAN Business Council, which last year brought a business delegation of similar size to Vietnam.

https://www.mvariety.com/business/meta-boeing-ge-vernova-join-us-business-delegation-to-vietnam-this-week/article_f33e9a5e-e4f0-11ee-9a40-7392b3a253bf.html


Alleged sex trafficking in Massachusetts hotel outlined in lawsuit against Choice Hotels

date: 2024-03-18, updated: 2024-03-18, from: Marianas Variety

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Choice Hotels is facing a lawsuit filed against them on behalf of an alleged victim of sex trafficking that she claims occurred on company properties, including a Brockton Rodeway Inn, from 2016 to 2018, according to court documents.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/alleged-sex-trafficking-in-massachusetts-hotel-outlined-in-lawsuit-against-choice-hotels/article_ac77fbf6-e4f0-11ee-97a6-eb107d91685d.html


Woman flees police chase in Venice Beach, drives into ocean with two dogs

date: 2024-03-18, updated: 2024-03-18, from: Marianas Variety

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — A dramatic police chase ended in the ocean late Saturday night after a woman, with two dogs in the backseat, drove her car straight into the waves just south of the Venice pier.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/woman-flees-police-chase-in-venice-beach-drives-into-ocean-with-two-dogs/article_6c0cec98-e4f0-11ee-bf20-b3d963696bb7.html


California’s largest new reservoir project in 50 years gains momentum

date: 2024-03-18, updated: 2024-03-18, from: Marianas Variety

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Colusa County, Calif., is known for sprawling rice farms and almond orchards, wetlands full of migrating ducks and geese, staunch conservative politics, and the 19th-century family cattle ranch where former Gov. Jerry Brown retired five years ago.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/california-s-largest-new-reservoir-project-in-50-years-gains-momentum/article_1aacc56c-e4f0-11ee-adf9-971d9b5d0033.html


Largest wildfire in Texas history 100% contained after burning more than 1 million acres

date: 2024-03-18, updated: 2024-03-18, from: Marianas Variety

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The Smokehouse Creek fire that burned through more than 1 million acres in the Texas Panhandle is completely contained after a nearly three-week battle.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/largest-wildfire-in-texas-history-100-contained-after-burning-more-than-1-million-acres/article_99b31998-e4ef-11ee-bb31-d7f49ea2fd60.html


Protest erupts in eastern Cuba amid blackouts, food shortages

date: 2024-03-18, updated: 2024-03-18, from: Marianas Variety

HAVANA (Reuters) — Hundreds in Cuba’s second-largest city, Santiago, engaged in a rare public protest on Sunday, according to social media and official reports, prompting Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to call for dialogue in an “atmosphere of tranquility and peace.”

https://www.mvariety.com/news/protest-erupts-in-eastern-cuba-amid-blackouts-food-shortages/article_fc23ba3e-e4ee-11ee-a2cf-cf06fd031fc9.html


North Korea fires ballistic missiles as Blinken visits Seoul

date: 2024-03-18, updated: 2024-03-18, from: Marianas Variety

SEOUL (Reuters) — North Korea fired short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday for the first time in two months, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Seoul for a conference hosted by President Yoon Suk Yeol on advancing democracy.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missiles-as-blinken-visits-seoul/article_c66c6df0-e4ee-11ee-a7c2-07d183fbf61f.html


Putin warns the West a Russia-NATO conflict is just one step from WW3

date: 2024-03-18, updated: 2024-03-18, from: Marianas Variety

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Monday that a direct conflict between Russia and the U.S.-led NATO military alliance would mean the planet was one step away from World War Three but said hardly anyone wanted such a scenario.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/putin-warns-the-west-a-russia-nato-conflict-is-just-one-step-from-ww3/article_7494d8aa-e4ee-11ee-862e-43f7ef6df528.html


Ukraine says Russian missile attack kills one, injures 8 in Mykolaiv

date: 2024-03-18, updated: 2024-03-18, from: Marianas Variety

KYIV (Reuters) — A man was killed and at least eight people were wounded in a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, after an overnight strike on Odesa on the last day of Russia’s presidential election.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/ukraine-says-russian-missile-attack-kills-one-injures-8-in-mykolaiv/article_260b3ac6-e4ee-11ee-b82e-0fcaba5e7a6b.html


USP-CHANCES Pacific project aims to transform societies, livelihoods and lifestyle

date: 2024-03-18, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)

The CHANCES PACIFIC project, led by The University of the South Pacific, was officially launched…

The post USP-CHANCES Pacific project aims to transform societies, livelihoods and lifestyle appeared first on University of the South Pacific.

https://www.usp.ac.fj/news/usp-chances-pacific-project-aims-to-transform-societies-livelihoods-and-lifestyle/


Rainbow Wahine to face Cal in inaugural postseason tournament

date: 2024-03-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News

Reading time: 2 minutes The Rainbow Wahine earned an automatic berth into the field as the Big West regular-season champion.

The post Rainbow Wahine to face Cal in inaugural postseason tournament first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/17/womens-basketball-wbit-first-round/


GFD: Missing swimmer located 25 feet below surface in Ritidian

date: 2024-03-17, from: Guam Daily Post

The body of a 28-year-old male swimmer who was last seen at Ritidian Beach was located Monday morning.

https://www.postguam.com/news/gfd-missing-swimmer-located-25-feet-below-surface-in-ritidian/article_491b928e-e4b4-11ee-9657-1b3fc386d89a.html


CNMI facing budget cuts to address financial crisis amid election year

date: 2024-03-17, from: Pacific Island Times

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Saipan– CNMI leaders on Sunday announced plans to modify the government’s current budget, with the…

https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/cnmi-seeks-to-address-fiscal-crisis


Do you have a story to tell?

date: 2024-03-17, updated: 2024-03-17, from: Marianas Variety

(Marianas Writers Movement) — Our stories commemorate the past, preserve our cultural identity, and entertain our family and friends! While we have a rich memory for stories from the past, and active imaginations to create fiction, the best way to ensure these stories live on in the future is to write them down!

https://www.mvariety.com/lifestyle/do-you-have-a-story-to-tell/article_95afe5a4-e410-11ee-a0cd-cb2670305a1f.html


BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ Malaysian Flight 370, ten years on

date: 2024-03-17, updated: 2024-03-17, from: Marianas Variety

IT remains the greatest aeronautical mystery of our time.  Last week marked the ten-year anniversary of the loss of Malaysian Airlines flight 370.  How can a modern, massive, technologically complex beast like a wide-body jet liner disappear?  How is it possible that we have not found it yet?  Let’s review the case.

https://www.mvariety.com/views/columnists/bc-s-tales-of-the-pacific-malaysian-flight-370-ten-years-on/article_c8c39f42-e412-11ee-8a69-6b849daf3e1e.html


IT&E donates $5K to NMC Foundation Golf Open

date: 2024-03-17, updated: 2024-03-17, from: Marianas Variety

(NMC) — In support of funding higher education in the CNMI, IT&E  has donated $2,500 cash and a brand new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 worth $2,500 to the Northern Marianas College Foundation for its Golf Open on March 23 and 24, 2024.

https://www.mvariety.com/sports/localsports/it-e-donates-5k-to-nmc-foundation-golf-open/article_00e858b2-e414-11ee-a753-2377ca421db2.html


NBA roundup: Steph Curry lifts Warriors past Lakers in return

date: 2024-03-17, updated: 2024-03-17, from: Marianas Variety

(Reuters) — Stephen Curry scored 31 points in his return from a three-game absence and Klay Thompson added 26 points as the visiting Golden State Warriors earned a 128-121 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday.

https://www.mvariety.com/sports/nationalsports/nba-roundup-steph-curry-lifts-warriors-past-lakers-in-return/article_e5542c5e-e457-11ee-b09b-27eb1e3b5175.html


CNMI DOL announces website to access JVAs and services

date: 2024-03-17, updated: 2024-03-17, from: Marianas Variety

THE CNMI Department of Labor would like to remind all employers that effective March 15, 2024,  CNMI DOL  will  no  longer  be  accepting  job  vacancy  announcement  posts  on www.marianaslabor.net/. The marianaslabor.net website was decommissioned on March 15, 2024 so any posts or submissions made after that date will not be processed.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/community_bulletins/cnmi-dol-announces-website-to-access-jvas-and-services/article_aad6ad64-e415-11ee-8485-fbf5bb4217cd.html


Bolis formally announces bid for US Congress

date: 2024-03-17, updated: 2024-03-17, from: Marianas Variety

JOHN Oliver Delos Reyes Bolis Gonzales announced his candidacy for the U.S. Congress on KKMP radio, Facebook and Zoom Sunday morning.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/local/bolis-formally-announces-bid-for-us-congress/article_40bcfea4-e449-11ee-905d-2b6c8c4770d9.html


Aguon urges ranchers to secure cows

date: 2024-03-17, updated: 2024-03-17, from: Marianas Variety

COMMUNITY volunteer and Division of Parks and Recreation staffer Marcelino “Max” Aguon is again asking the owners of cows that roam freely in Marpi to secure the animals. The cows leave manure on the road that leads to the popular tourist sites in the area, he added.

https://www.mvariety.com/news/local/aguon-urges-ranchers-to-secure-cows/article_198d35ec-e435-11ee-9978-a34e71dc1353.html


Santos, Chavez are overall winners of 2024 Triple J Bubble Color Run

date: 2024-03-17, updated: 2024-03-17, from: Marianas Variety

VICTOR Nash Santos and Kaithlyn Chavez, both 16 years old, are the overall winners of the 2024 Triple J Bubble Color Run 5k Run on Saturday morning.

https://www.mvariety.com/sports/localsports/santos-chavez-are-overall-winners-of-2024-triple-j-bubble-color-run/article_b12e24dc-e44f-11ee-8942-ff075bd41b12.html


The journey to Latte Built: Transforming lives through fitness

date: 2024-03-17, updated: 2024-03-17, from: Marianas Variety

FITNESS has become an integral part of many people’s lives, not just as a means to achieve physical well-being, but also as a pathway to personal transformation.

https://www.mvariety.com/sports/localsports/the-journey-to-latte-built-transforming-lives-through-fitness/article_25e56ca2-e44d-11ee-b968-afd14bde8dce.html


Agape claims first volleyball title

date: 2024-03-17, updated: 2024-03-17, from: Marianas Variety

AGAPE Christian School’s hard work throughout the years finally paid off as they secured their very first title in the boys middle school division of the NMIVA-PSS Interscholastic Volleyball League SY23-24 at the Marianas High School gym on Saturday.

https://www.mvariety.com/sports/localsports/agape-claims-first-volleyball-title/article_cf27623a-e433-11ee-9535-cba86135abc4.html


Progress made on Waimea food processing plant

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Farmers in Waimea are one step closer to having a refurbished food processing facility after the partial demolition of the Kamuela Vacuum Cooling Plant.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/hawaii-news/progress-made-on-waimea-food-processing-plant/


Maui’s mayor prioritizes housing and vows to hire more firefighters after Lahaina wildfire

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>HONOLULU &#8212; Maui&#8217;s mayor says he is prioritizing housing, evaluating evacuation routes and hiring more firefighters as his Hawaii community recovers from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/hawaii-news/mauis-mayor-prioritizes-housing-and-vows-to-hire-more-firefighters-after-lahaina-wildfire/


State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>WASHINGTON &#8212; As Salvatore LoGrande fought cancer and all the pain that came with it, his daughters promised to keep him in the white, pitched roof house he worked so hard to buy all those decades ago.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/nation-world-news/state-medicaid-offices-target-dead-peoples-homes-to-recoup-their-health-care-costs/


Dredging of boat harbor on track, but work not expected to start before July

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Lawmakers and boaters hope for smooth sailing at the Wailoa Small Boat Harbor in Hilo as a long-awaited dredging project inches closer toward beginning.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/hawaii-news/dredging-of-boat-harbor-on-track-but-work-not-expected-to-start-before-july/


Work on Pauahi Street Bridge set to begin

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>A yearlong project to replace a small bridge in Hilo will begin Monday.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/hawaii-news/work-on-pauahi-street-bridge-set-to-begin/


County bill would require waste facilities be open at least 2 days a week

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Garbage day may come twice a week again for Kalapana residents thanks to a new County Council proposal.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/hawaii-news/county-bill-would-require-waste-facilities-be-open-at-least-2-days-a-week/


Russians cast ballots in an election preordained to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Voters across Russia cast ballots Saturday on the second day of an election set to formalize six more years of power for President Vladimir Putin, who faces no serious challengers after crushing political dissent over his nearly quarter-century of rule.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/nation-world-news/russians-cast-ballots-in-an-election-preordained-to-extend-president-vladimir-putins-rule/


Cease-fire talks with Israel and Hamas are expected to resume on Sunday in Qatar

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>CAIRO &#8212; Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war are expected to resume in earnest in Qatar as soon as today, according to Egyptian officials.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/nation-world-news/cease-fire-talks-with-israel-and-hamas-are-expected-to-resume-on-sunday-in-qatar/


What makes people happy? California lawmakers want to find out

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. &#8212; California Assemblyman Anthony Rendon likes to spend his spare time away from the Capitol in Sacramento with his 4-year-old daughter back home near Los Angeles. Last weekend, he took her ice skating and to an indoor playground, then let her get a donut after she agreed to ride her scooter on the way there.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/nation-world-news/what-makes-people-happy-california-lawmakers-want-to-find-out/


Older Boeing plane found to have missing panel after flight from California to southern Oregon

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>PORTLAND, Ore. &#8212; A post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel on an older Boeing 737-800 that had just arrived at its destination in southern Oregon on Friday after flying from San Francisco, officials said, the latest in a series of recent incidents involving aircraft manufactured by the company.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/nation-world-news/older-boeing-plane-found-to-have-missing-panel-after-flight-from-california-to-southern-oregon/


Long recovery ahead for some in path of deadly tornados in central U.S.

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>LAKEVIEW, Ohio &#8212; Residents in a swath of the central U.S. hit by deadly tornadoes were cleaning up, assessing damage and helping neighbors on Saturday. But it will be a long recovery from the storms that ripped through parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/nation-world-news/long-recovery-ahead-for-some-in-path-of-deadly-tornados-in-central-u-s/


Obituaries for March 17

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Geraldine &#8220;Gerri&#8221; Ann Carreira, 77, of Hilo died Feb. 29 at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. Born in Hilo, Hawaii. She was a childcare provider and member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Visitation 8:30-9:10 a.m. Friday (March 22) at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m. Burial 11:30 a.m. at East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2 Pavilion. Casual attire. Survived by son, Darren (Tina) Carreira of Temecula, Calif.; daughters, Renee (Alton) Pulgados of Keaau and Denise Carreira of Hilo; sister, June (Richard) Ha of Hilo; brother, Carl (Terry) Perreira of Hilo; brother-in-law, Dennis Carreira of Hilo; sisters-in-law, Sharon Luiz of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and Kathleen (Paul) Goo of Honolulu; four grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/obituaries/obituaries-for-march-17-9/


With green and glee, major US parades mark St. Patrick’s Day — a little early

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; People across the United States celebrated Irish heritage at several major St. Patrick&#8217;s Day parades Saturday, marking the holiday a day early at events that included a big anniversary in Savannah, Georgia, and honored a pioneering female business leader as grand marshal in New York.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/nation-world-news/with-green-and-glee-major-us-parades-mark-st-patricks-day-a-little-early/


Mnuchin’s interest in TikTok and distressed NY bank echoes his pre-Trump investment playbook

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>NEW YORK &#8212; It seems like a bizarre mishmash: A former Trump cabinet official is saying he wants to buy TikTok just days after leading a group that pumped $1 billion into a beaten-down bank. But it all actually fits in with the complicated career of Steven Mnuchin.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/nation-world-news/mnuchins-interest-in-tiktok-and-distressed-ny-bank-echoes-his-pre-trump-investment-playbook/


Volcano Watch: What was an emergency manager doing at a scientific conference?

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>On the Island of Hawaii, frequent eruptions foster a close relationship between the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency. HVO monitors the active volcanoes and their associated hazards; HCCDA alerts and protects communities from impacts of volcanic events. This relationship, between volcano observatories and their emergency managers, was highlighted at the recent &#8220;Cities on Volcanoes&#8221; meeting in Antigua, Guatemala.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/hawaii-news/volcano-watch-what-was-an-emergency-manager-doing-at-a-scientific-conference/


Boys volleyball: Hilo sweeps Waiakea, Ka‘u outlasts Parker

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p><strong>HILO 3 - WAIAKEA O</strong></p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/sports/boys-volleyball-hilo-sweeps-waiakea-kau-outlasts-parker/


UH-Hilo baseball goes 3-1 over FPU; softball goes 0-4 against CUI

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>UH-Hilo&#8217;s baseball and softball teams traveled to California to play a pair of four-game series against Fresno Pacific and Concordia Irvine, respectively, on Friday and Saturday.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/sports/uh-hilo-baseball-goes-3-1-over-fpu-softball-goes-0-4-against-cui/


KSH softball prevails 5-4 over Kohala; baseball dominates

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>KEA&#8216;AU &#8212; Kohala High&#8217;s baseball and softball teams made their second trip of the week to the isle&#8217;s east side, suffering a pair of losses to Kamehameha Schools - Hawai&#8216;i on Saturday.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/sports/ksh-softball-prevails-5-4-over-kohala-baseball-dominates/


College hoops roundup: No. 2 UConn wins Big East Tournament over No. 10 Marquette 73-57

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; Donovan Clingan scored 22 points and Jaylin Stewart gave No. 2 UConn an unexpected boost with three second-half 3-pointers during a decisive run as the top-seeded Huskies beat No. 10 Marquette 73-57 on Saturday night to win the Big East Tournament for the first time since rejoining the league four years ago. </p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/sports/college-hoops-roundup-no-2-uconn-wins-big-east-tournament-over-no-10-marquette-73-57/


Photos: Hilo High Judo Invitational

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>By CONNOR WHITT</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/sports/photos-hilo-high-judo-invitational/


Irwin: ‘Community engagement abounds’

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>In February the UH Board of Regents held its monthly meeting on the Hilo campus, and coincidentally, there were several things on the agenda regarding University of Hawaii at Hilo beyond the regional presentation I did with my colleague, Interim Chancellor Kazama of Hawaii Community College.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/opinion/irwin-community-engagement-abounds/


Rethinking Hawaii’s conveyance tax

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Hawaii grapples with a daunting challenge: the urgent need for 4,000 to 5,000 affordable rental units annually over the next five years to tackle our lack of affordable housing. This acute shortage of housing drives both the houselessness and outmigration crises. The state Legislature has a pivotal opportunity to address this situation by reevaluating conveyance tax rates on the sale of multimillion dollar investment properties.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/opinion/rethinking-hawaiis-conveyance-tax/


Biden takes off: A strong start to the long campaign

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>With a one-two punch, the incumbent president made a strong case for his reelection &#8212; especially given that the alternative is a man who seeks to overturn the results of democratic elections, who&#8217;s champing at the bit to punish his political enemies and who says immigrants are vermin.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/opinion/biden-takes-off-a-strong-start-to-the-long-campaign/


How to have a great first visit to Miami

date: 2024-03-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold

            <p>Even if you&#8217;ve never been to Miami, you&#8217;ve sort of already been to Miami.</p>
         

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/17/features/how-to-have-a-great-first-visit-to-miami/


Friars win preseason volleyball tournament

date: 2024-03-17, from: Guam Daily Post

With only six players on their roster and a seventh who showed up just in time for the playoffs, the Harvest Christian Academy Eagles made it to the finals of the Guam Sports Network High School Boys Volleyball Preseason Tournament…

https://www.postguam.com/sports/local/friars-win-preseason-volleyball-tournament/article_d04d0b72-e3e0-11ee-8392-5b0dd0d72a5c.html


Malesso’ Gupot CHamoru Crab Festival brings people together

date: 2024-03-17, from: Guam Daily Post

On Friday evening, people young and old gathered by the waterfront to watch the fireworks light up the night sky, it was just one of the attractions of the 2024 Malesso’ Gupot CHamoru Crab Festival at the Malesso’ Sons and…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/malesso-gupot-chamoru-crab-festival-brings-people-together/article_a4efa9c6-e3fe-11ee-bafa-27bffe9e357f.html


Board: Laser tattoo removal by nonmedical professional ‘too risky’

date: 2024-03-17, from: Guam Daily Post

Arthur Root Jr., a certified laser specialist, specializing in nonablative laser tattoo removal, has not presented his case to the Guam Board of Medical Examiners to allow him to perform laser tattoo removal, but board members were gravely concerned as…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/board-laser-tattoo-removal-by-nonmedical-professional-too-risky/article_bb2f696c-e3f2-11ee-bb3b-7bf92698c11f.html


Medical board election postponed

date: 2024-03-17, from: Guam Daily Post

The election of officers for the Guam Board of Medical Examiners was postponed for various administrative reasons, according to Dr. Nathaniel Berg, the current chair, who said the postponement was made at the request of Zennia Pecina, Guam Health Professional…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/medical-board-election-postponed/article_2cb86522-e32e-11ee-94a3-7b5be795bf55.html


Temporary power contract sent back, OAG says it needs correction

date: 2024-03-17, from: Guam Daily Post

The Office of the Attorney General has conducted a review of the Guam Power Authority contract for procurement of temporary power, and has sent back the proposed contract for corrections and the inclusion of missing clauses to further its legal…

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/temporary-power-contract-sent-back-oag-says-it-needs-correction/article_2dc7ad7a-e2b0-11ee-8240-9b9a4556d559.html


Suspect allegedly assaults man after following the victim home

date: 2024-03-17, from: Guam Daily Post

A man who was leaving a store in Maite allegedly was assaulted by RK Mark Luke, according to court documents filed Saturday with the Superior Court of Guam.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/suspect-allegedly-assaults-man-after-following-the-victim-home/article_dea20ea4-e401-11ee-b292-cf10f2c6e6db.html


Legislature returning to session

date: 2024-03-17, from: Guam Daily Post

The Guam Legislature will convene a regular session on Monday to consider more than a dozen measures, including various election-related bills and a bill related to updating fines and penalties for tobacco and nicotine violations.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/legislature-returning-to-session/article_ba9e4d96-e2a9-11ee-a802-9766d101b238.html


Man allegedly bit mother, punched father

date: 2024-03-17, from: Guam Daily Post

A 22-year-old man is in jail accused of assaulting his parents.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/man-allegedly-bit-mother-punched-father/article_c6aa8454-e404-11ee-b372-336e58c7eb4d.html


Woman tells police man abused her for 6 years

date: 2024-03-17, from: Guam Daily Post

Staff from a dental clinic in Harmon came to the aid of a woman who was in fear of her boyfriend on Friday.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/woman-tells-police-man-abused-her-for-6-years/article_4006e372-e407-11ee-968c-ef0a68dba927.html